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A  BIRD'S-EYE  VIEW  OF  GREATER 


NEW  YORK 


AND 


ITS  MOST  MAGNIFICENT  STORE 

Being  a  Concise  and  Comprehensive  Visitors'  Guide  to  Greater 
New  York,  its  Myriad  Sights  and  Scenes,  and  its 
Grandest  Emporium  of  Commerce, 

THE  BIG  STORE 

OF 

SIEGEL-  COOPER  CO. 

ILLUSTRATED 

With  Maps,  Plans,  and  Diagrams.     A  description  of  the  Big 
Store,  and  a  Complete  Directory  and  Finding  List 
of  its  Various  Departments,  and  the  Mer- 
chandise on  Sale  there. 


COMPILED  EXPRESSLY  FOR  SIEGEL-COOPER  CO. 
NEW  YORK 


1898 


Chaitek  I. 
Chapter  [J, 
Chapter  III. 
Chapter  IV. 
Chapter  V. 
Chapter  \'I 
Chapter  VII. 
Chapter  VIII. 
Chapter  IX. 

Chapter  X. 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS 

The  City  of  Greater  New  York  - 

J  heaters  and  Places  of  Amusement  - 

Wall  Street  and  the  Business  (  enter  - 

Fifth  Avenue  and  the  Shopping  District  - 

I  he  Parks,  Boulevards,  and  Drives  - 

Ihree  Days'  Sightseeing  - 

H  hat  to  See  in  a  Week's  Visit  - 

Nearby  Resorts  and  Excursions  - 

The  Story  of   the  Greatest  Store   in  the 

City  -   

Where  to  Find  It.       A  Directory  of  the 

dreatest  Store 


I  AGE 

5 
55 
63 
78 


95 
98 
'IS 

126 

148 


FLOOR  PLANS  OF  THE  BIG  STORE 


The  Basement  - 

The  Main  Floor  (West  half)  1 

 (East  half)  1  " 

The  Second  Floor  (West  half)  I 
''         "         "     (Fast  half)  1  " 
The  Third  Floor  .... 

The  Fourth  Floor 


Facing 
Between  pp. 

Between  pp. 

Facing 
Facing 


P-  '34 
153  and  15 , 

172  and  173 

p.  196 
p.  210 


ILLUSTRATIONS 


TS&SR-L. :  :  :  :  :  :  -  Ra**- 

East  half  01  the  Furniture  Department, Third  Floor.     Facing  p.'  80 


COPYRIGHT,  1898,  BY  SIEGEL-COOPER  CO. 
XEW  YORK 


CHAPTER  1 


THE  CITY  OF  GREATER  NEW  YORK. 

GREATER  NEW  YORK,  the  commercial,  financial, 
and  social  metropolis  of  America,  and  the  second  largest 
city  of  the  entire  world,  contains  a  population  of  not  less 
than  3,300,000  souls,  within  an  area  of  360  square  miles.  In 
shape  the  site  of  this  seething  hive  of  human  industry  re- 
sembles a  %'ast  triangle,  the  Atlantic  Ocean  base,  some  iS 
miles  long,  extending  from  beyond  Far  Rockaway  on  Long 
Island  to  W  ard's  Point,  the  extreme  southern  limit  of  Staten 
Island.  The  apex  of  this  triangle,  reaching  as  far  as  Mount 
St.  Vincent  on  the  lordly  Hudson  River,  is  some  35  miles 
distant  from  the  base. 

In  these  360  square  miles  live  as  many  people  as  were  in 
all  the  old  Thirteen  Colonies  at  the  dawn  of  Independence. 
One  part,  with  over  1.000  persons  residing  on  each  acre,  is 
the  most  densely  populated  part  of  the  earth.  If  the  whole 
of  Greater  New  York  were  thus  densely  peopled  it  would 
contain  thrice  the  present  population  of  the  entire  United 
States. 

Rapid  indeed  has  been  the  growth  of  Greater  New  York. 
It  has  taken  old  London  nearly  2.000  years  to  attain  an  area 
of  688  square  miles  and  a  population  of  6,200. oco.  Manhattan 
Island  was  practically  devoid  of  white  men  before  1626.  and 
was  then  sold  for  $24.  To-day  the  value  of  its  land  and 
buildings  exceeds  the  sum  of  $4,500,000,000. 

Well  indeed. may  Greater  New  York  be  an  object  of  won- 
der to  the  average  visitor,  and  welcome  will  be  the  aid  ex- 
tended by  its  greatest  store,  situated,  as  it  is.  in  the  heart 
and  center  of  this  triangle,  in  the  form  of  the  present  popu- 
lar, compact,  and  comprehensive  guide  to  this  great  city  and 
its  myriad  sights  and  scenes. 

THE  MUNICIPALITY.  Greater  New  York  includes  all 
of  Xew  York,  Kings,  and  Richmond  Counties,  and  parts  of 


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Queens  and  Westchester.  It  embraces  some  forty-odd 
small  towns  and  villages,  threaded  together  by  ferry  and  rai!- 
road.  Brooklyn  and  its  many  suburbs,  and  Staten  Island, 
separated  by  a  wide  stretch  of  navigable  water,  are  now  a  part 
of  the  city  itself. 

Of  the  history  of  the  political  struggle  that  resulted  in  the 
passage  of  the  bill  at  Albany  it  is  sufficient  to  say  that  the 
bill  for  the  consolidation  of  the  Greater  New  York  was  passed 
in  1896,  and  the  charter  in  1897.  The  charter  went  into  effecc 
on  the  first  of  January,  1898. 

CITY  GOVERNMENT.  Wry  briefly,  the  city  govern- 
ment of  Greater  New  York  consists  of  a  mayor  (salary,  $15,- 
000;  term  of  office,  4  years;  official  headquarters,  the  City 
Hall),  and  a  Municipal  Assembly,  in  which  there  is  an  upper 
and  a  lower  house.  The  upper  house  is  the  Council,  i  1 
which  there  are  twenty-nine  members,  chosen  by  the  electors 
of  the  city.  The  President  of  the  Council  is  elected  by  the 
city  at  large,  to  hold  office  for  four  years,  with  a  salary  of 
$5,000.  The  other  twenty-eight  members  are  elected  for  four 
years,  with  a  Salary  of  $1,500  a  year.  Each  is  chosen  within 
a  council  district,  in  which  he  is  a  resident.  The  whole  city 
is  divided  into  ten  council  districts,  of  which  there  is  one  in 
the  Borough  of  the  Bronx,  four  in  Manhattan,  three  in 
Brooklyn,  one  in  Queens,  and  one  in  Richmond.  Three 
councilors  are  chosen  in  each  of  the  council  districts  of  the 
Rronx,  Manhattan,  and  Brooklyn,  and  two  in  Queens  and  in 
Richmond. 

The  lower  house  is  called  the  Board  of  Aldermen.  It  con- 
sists of  60  members,  one  of  whom  is  elected  in  each  of  the 
Assembly  Districts.  Their  term  of  office  is  two  years,  the 
salary,  $1,000.  These,  with  borough  boards,  boards  of  local 
improvement  in  each  of  the  22  Senate  Districts,  and  the 
officials  of  18  city  departments,  constitute  the  executive  of  the 
government  of  Greater  New  York. 

The  city  has  a  municipal  debt  of  $185,000,000,  an  average 
burden  of  $56  per  capita.   The  municipal  expenditures  require 

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$70,ooo,ooo  a  year.  The  municipal  employees  form  an  army  of 
30,000,  larger  than  the  regular  army  of  the  United  States.  Of 
these,  7,000  wear  the  policeman's  blue,  and  4,000  form  the 
street  cleaners'  brigade. 

The  i,200  miles  of  paved  streets  would  extend  to  Minneapo- 
lis, and  the  unpaved  streets  would  continue  the  road  to  Boise 
City,  Idaho.  The  city  has  1,400  miles  of  water  mains  and 
half  as  many  miles  of  sewers.  New  York  has  7,000  acres  of 
parks,  worth  $250,000,000. 

The  water  supply  is  325,000,000  gallons  a  day,  or  about  100 
gallons  for  every  inhabitant.  The  water  used  in  a  year  would 
make  a  canal  wide  and  deep  enough  to  float  the  largest  war 
vessel,  and  would  extend  from  New  York  to  San  Francisco. 

Greater  New  York  is,  as  a  writer  in  McClures  Magazine 
ingeniously  put  it,  "  the  most  cosmopolitan  city  in  the  world. 
W  ithin  her  borders  are  representatives  of  almost  every  nation 
and  city  upon  the  earth.  Her  foreign-born  number  1,250,000, 
and  their  children  swell  the  numbers  to  2,500,000,  or  two- 
thirds  the  city's  entire  population.  At  the  head  of  the  list 
stand  the  Germans,  who  number  nearly  900,000.  Next  come 
the  Irish,  mustering  850,000.  There  are  170,000  English,  105,- 
000  Russians,  100,000  Italians,  and  50,000  Scotch.  America's 
metropolis  is  the  largest  Irish  city  in  the  world.  Dublin,  the 
chief  city  of  Emerald's  Isle,  has  less  than  half  as  many. 
Next  to  Berlin,  she  is  also  the  world's  largest  German  city. 
She  has  nearly  as  many  Germans  as  Hamburg  and  Munich 
combined.  She  has  more  English  than  Portsmouth,  more 
Canadians  than  Canadian  London,  more  Russians  than 
Yilna,  more  French  than  Aix.  She  has  nearly  as  many 
Scotch  as  Leith,  Italians  as  Yenice,  Austro-Hungarians  as 
Presburg,  and  Scandinavians  as  Bergen." 

THE  GATES  OF  THE  CITY.  New  York's  location  is 
an  ideal  one  for  commercial  greatness.  The  gateway  of  the 
lordly  Hudson,  the  port  whence  and  wherein  pass  two-fifths 
of  all  the  exports  and  two-thirds  of  all  the  imports  of  the 
nation,  the  city's  75  miles  of  wharves  would  stretch  in  a 


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straight  line  from  the  Battery  to  New  Haven  in  Connecticut. 
The  entire  waterfront  would  almost  encircle  Long  Island 
The  surrounding  waters  are  thronged  with  steamers  and  fer- 
ryboats, and  in  and  around  the  city  center  and  circle  the 
railroads,  upon  which  so  much  of  its  prosperity  depends 

RAILROAD  DBPOTB,  and  ferries  to  san-     These  are 
as  follows: 

Baltimore  &  Ohio,  via  Central  EL  R.  of  New  Jersey  (to  Phila- 
delphia), foot  of  Liberty  street. 

Central  of  New  Jersey,  foot  of  Liberty  street. 

New  Jersey  Southern  Division,  foot  of  Rector  and  Liberty 
streets. 

Delaware,  Lackawanna  &  Western,  foot  of  Barclay  and  Chris- 
topher streets. 

Erie,  foot  of  Chambers  and  West  Twenty-third  streets. 

Lehigh  Valley,  foot  of  Cortlandt  and  Desbrosses  streets. 

Long  Island,  foot  of  James  Slip  and  East  Thirty-fourth  street. 
In  Brooklyn,  at  Flatbush  and  Atlantic  avenues,  and 
Long  Island  City.  No  connection  at  Flatbush  Avenue 
Depot  with  North  Side  Division. 
f  Atlantic  Avenue  Branch,  junction  of  Flatbush  and  Atlantic 
avenues,  Brooklyn. 

Manhattan  Beach  Division,  foot  of  Whitehall  street  (in  sum 
mer),  James  Slip,  and  East  Thirty-fourth  street.  In 
Brooklyn,  foot  Sixty -fifth  street  (Bay  Ridge);  Flatbush 
and  Atlantic  avenues;  Ninth  avenue  and  Twentieth 
street,  and  Long  Island  City. 

New  England,  via  Norwich  Line  Steamers,  foot  of  Watts 
street;  or  via  New  Haven  Railroad,  Fourth  avenue  and 
Forty-second  street. 

New  Jersey  &  New  York,  foot  of  Chambers  and  West  Twen- 
ty-third streets. 

New  York  &  Long  Branch,  via  Central  Railroad  of  New 
Jersey,  foot  of  Liberty  or  Rector  streets;  or  Pennsylva- 
nia Railroad,  foot  of  Cortlandt  and  Desbrosses  streets. 

New  York  &  Putnam,  155th  street  and  Eighth  avenue. 


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New  York  &  Rockaway  Beach,  foot  of  James  Slip  and  East 
Thirty-fourth  street.  In  Brooklyn,  at  Flatbush  and  At- 
lantic avenues,  and  Long  Island  City. 

New  York  Central  «Sr  Hudson  River,  Grand  Central  Depot, 
Forty-second  street  and  Fourth  avenue,  and  Fourth  ave- 
nue and  125th  and  138th  streets;  also  Tenth  avenue  and 
Thirtieth  street. 

Harlem  Division,  Fourth  avenue  and  Forty-second,  Eighty- 
sixth,  110th,  125th,  and  138th  streets. 

New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford,  Grand  Central  Depot, 
Fourth  avenue  and  Forty-second  street.  - 

New  York,  Ontario  &  Western,  foot  of  Franklin  and  West 
Forty-second  streets. 

New  York,  Susquehanna  &  Western,  foot  of  Cortlandt  and 
Desbrosses  streets. 

Northern  of  New  Jersey,  foot  of  Chambers  and  West  Twen- 
ty-third streets. 

Old  Colony,  via  Fall  Kiver  Line,  foot  of  Murray  street;  or 
New  Haven  Railroad,  Forty-second  street  and  Fourth 
avenue. 

Pennsylvania,  foot  of  Cortlandt  and  Desbrosses  streets. 
Philadelphia  &  Reading,  foot  of  Liberty  street. 
Staten  Island,  foot  of  Whitehall  street. 

West  Shore,  foot  of  Franklin  and  West  Forty-second  streets. 

FERRIES.  The  city  of  Greater  New  York  is  plentifully 
supplied  with  fast  and  powerful  ferryboats,  the  principal  lines 
being  as  follows: 

To  Astoria. — From  foot  East  Ninty-second  street. 
To  Bay  Ridge. -r-From  foot  Whitehall  street,  in  summer. 
To  Bedlow's  Island  (Liberty  Island).— From  foot  Whitehall 
street. 

To  Blackwell's  Island.— From  foot  Twenty-sixth  street,  foot 
Forty-second  street,  foot  Seventieth  street,  E.  R. 

To  Brooklyn.— From  foot  Catharine  Slip  to  Main  street, 
Brooklyn. 


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To  Brooklyn.— From  foot  East  Tenth  and  foot  East  Twenty- 
third  streets,  to  Greenpoint  avenue,  Brooklyn. 

To  Brooklyn.— From  foot  East  Twenty-third  street  to  Broad- 
way, Brooklyn. 

To   Brooklyn.— From   foot   East    Houston   street   to  Grand 

street,  Brooklyn. 
To   Brooklyn.— From   foot   Fulton   street  to   Fulton  street, 

Brooklyn. 

To  Brooklyn.  —  From  foot  Grand  street  to  Grand  street  and 

Broadway,  Brooklyn. 
To    Brooklyn.— From   foot    Roosevelt    street   to  Broadway. 

Brooklyn. 

To  Brooklyn. — From  foot  Wall  street  to  Montague  street, 
Brooklyn. 

To  Brooklyn.— From  foot  Whitehall  street  to  Atlantic  and 
Hamilton  avenues,  Brooklyn. 

To  Brooklyn.— From  foot  Whitehall  street  to  Thirty-ninth 
street,  Brooklyn. 

To  College  Point.— From  foot  East  Ninety-ninth  street. 

To  Ellis  Island.— From  foot  Whitehall  street. 

To  Fort  Lee.— From  foot  West  130th  street  and  from  West 
Thirteenth  street,  irregularly. 

To  Governor's  Island.— From  foot  Whitehall  street. 

To  Hart's  Island.  — From  foot  Twenty-sixth  street,  E.  R. 

To  Hoboken.— From  foot  Barclay  and  foot  Christopher 
streets,  to  Newark  street,  Hoboken. 

To  Hoboken.— From  foot  West  Fourteenth  street  to  Four- 
teenth street,  Hoboken. 

To  Jersey  City.— From  foot  Chambers  and  West  Twenty- 
third  streets  to  Pavonia  avenue,  Jersey  City.  (Erie, 
Northern  of  New  Jersey,  New  York  and  Greenwood 
Lake,  and  N.  J.  &  N.  V.  R.  R.) 

To  Jersey  City.— From  foot  Cortlandt  and  Desbrosses  streets 
to  Montgomery  street,  Jersey  City.  (Pennsylvania 
R.  R.,  Lehigh  Valley  R.  R.,  and  New  York,  Susquehan- 
na ft  Western  R.  R.) 


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To  Jersey  City.— From  foot  Liberty  street  to  Communipaw, 
Jersey  City.  (Central  R.  R.  of  New  Jersey  and  Balti- 
more &  Ohio  R.  R.) 

To  Jersey  City. — Brooklyn  Annex  from  foot  Fulton  street, 
Brooklyn,  to  Jersey  City,  connecting  with  Pennsylvania 
R.  R.,  Lehigh  Valley  R.  R.,  and  New  York,  Susque- 
hanna and  Western  R.  R. 

To  Jersey  City. — From  foot  West  Thirteenth  street  to  Bay 
street,  Jersey  City. 

To  Long  Island  City.  —  From  foot  East  Thirty-fourth  street 
and  James  Slip  to  Borden  avenue.  Long  Island  City. 
(L.  I.  R.  R.). 

To  North  Brother  Island. — From  foot  East  138th  street. 
To  Randall's  Island.— From  foot  East  Twenty-sixth  and  East 
120th  streets. 

To  Staten  Island.— From  foot  Whitehall  street  to  St.  George. 

Staten  Island  (Staten  Island  Rapid  Transit). 
To  Ward's  Island.— From  foot  East  Twenty-eighth  and  East 

115th  streets. 

To  Weehawken.— From  foot  Franklin  and  foot  West  Forty- 
second  street  (to  West  Shore  R.  R.  Depot). 
To  Weehawken. — From  foot  West  Forty-second  street  to  Old 
Slip,  Weehawken. 

All  the  railroad  depots  in  Jersey  City,  Hoboken,  and  Long 
Island  City  are  connected  with  the  heart  of  Greater  New 
York  with  ferry  lines,  as  shown  under  the  heading  Railroads. 

Along  the  water  front  are  to  be  found  the  numerous  docks 
of  the  Transatlantic.  Coast,  Sound,  and  River  steamers,  the 
docks  being  in  each  case  close  to  a  line  of  surface  cars  lead- 
ing to  the  heart  of  the  city. 

OCEAN  STEAMERS.   Ticket  Offices  and  Piers. 

Ticket  offices  are  located  at  numbers  first  given,  piers  at 
location  last  named;  where  only  one  number  is  given,  office 
and  pier  combined. 

For  Amsterdam.— Netherlands  American  Line,  39  Broadway 
and  27  South  William  street;  foot  Fifth  street,  Hoboken. 


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Antigua.— (Jut-bee  5.  S.  Co.,  39  Broadwav;  fool  T.  nth  street, 
N.  R. 

Antwerp.— Red  Cross  Line,  27  South  William  street]  Atlantic 

Dock,  Brooklyn. 
Antwerp.'  Wilson  Line,  21  State  street;  Second  Street,  Ho- 

boken. 

Azores.  — Insular  Navigation  Company,  1  |8  Pearl  itreet;  At- 
lantic Dock,  Brooklyn) 

Baltimore,  Md.  N.  Y.  &  Baltimore  Transportation  Line,  foot 
Rector  street. 

Barbados.-   Q.  S.  and  Brazil  S.  S.  Co.,  10  W  hitehall  street; 

Robert  Stores,  Brooklyn. 
Charleston,   S.    C— Clyde    Line.   5    Rowling   Green   and  .3*7 

Broadway;  foot  Roosevelt  street.   K.  R. 
Colon. — Compagnia  Transatlantica,  foot  <  >ld  Slip,  I-..  R. 
Copenhagen.— Thingvalla  Line,  2*  State  stre.t;  foot  Fourth 

street,  Iloboken. 
Demerara.- -Royal    Dutch    VV.    I.    Line,    ji    Beaver  street; 

I'ierrepont  Stores,  Brooklyn. 
Dominica. — Quebec  S.  S.  Co.,  .39  Broadway;  foo(  Tenth  street, 

X.  R. 

Femandina. — Mallory's  Line,  362  Broadway;  Burling  Slip, 
K.  R. 

Galveston,  Tex. — Mallory's  Line,  362  Broadway;  Burling 
Slip,  L\  R. 

Genoa    and    Gibraltar.  — North    German    Lloyd.    2  Rowling 

Green;  foot  Second  street,  Iloboken. 
Glasgow.  — Anchor    Line,    7    Rowling    Green;    foot  Twenty- 

fourth  street,  N.  R. 
Glasgow. — Allen  Line,  53  Broadway;  foot  Twenty-first  street, 

N.  R. 

Greytown.— Central  America  S.  S.  Co.,  19  Whitehall  street; 

Atlantic  Dock,  Brooklyn. 
Halifax.— Red  Cross  Line,   18  Broadway;   Robinson  Stores, 

Brooklyn. 


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Hamburg.    Hamburg-American    Line,    37    Broadway;  foot 

First  street,  lloboken. 
Havana.-   W  Y.  and  Cuba  Mail  S.  S.  Co.,  113  Wall  street; 

foot  Wall  street,  E.  R. 
Havana.    Compagnia  Transatlantic  Express,  Old  Slip,  E.  R. 
Havre.    French  Line,  3  Bowling  Green;  foot  Morton  street, 

N.  R. 

Hull.  Wilson  Line.  24  State  street;  Prentice's  Stores,  Brook- 
lyn. 

Jacksonville,    I- la.    Clyde    Line,    5    Bowling   Green   and  347 

Broadway;  foot  Roosevelt  street,  E.  K. 
Key   West. — Mallory's   Line,   362   Broadway;    Burling  Slip, 

E.  R. 

Kingston,  Jamaica.— Central  America  S.  S.  Line,  19  White- 
hall street;  Atlantic  Dock,  Brooklyn. 

Kingston.  Jamaica.  Atlas  Line,  24  State  street;  foot  Twenty- 
fifth  street,  \.  R. 

Liverpool.  Cunard  Line,  4  Bowling  Green;  foot  Clarkson 
street.  \.  R 

Liverpool.  Inman  Eine,  6  Bowling  Green;  foot  Christo- 
pher str..t.  \.  R. 

Liverpool.  National  Line,  27  State  street;  foot  Houston 
street,  X.  R. 

Liverpool.    W  hite  Star  Line,  29  Broadway;  foot  Tenth  street, 

N.  R. 

London.    American  Line,  foot  Eulton  street,  N.  R. 

London.    Atlantic   Transportation    Line,   4    Broadway;  foot 

Twenty-seventh  street,  N.  R. 
London.    National  Eine,  27  State  street;  foot  Houston  street, 

N.  R. 

London.  Wilson  Eine,  21  State  street;  Prentice's  Stores, 
Brooklyn. 

Malaga.  Anchor  Eine,  7  Bowling  Green;  Union  Stores, 
Brooklyn. 

Marseilles.  Kabre  Eine,  47  South  street;  Robinson  Stores. 
Brooklyn. 

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Martinique.— Quebec   S.   S.   Co.,   39   Broadway;  foot  Tenth 
street,  N.  R. 

Matanzas.-N.  V.  and  Cuba  Mail  S.  S.  Co.,  113  Wall  street; 

foot  Wall  street,  E.  R. 
Naples.— Anchor    Line,    7    Howling    Creen;    Union  Stores, 

Brooklyn. 

Naples.— Fabre    Line,    47    South    street;    Robinson  Stores, 
Brooklyn. 

Nassau.— Bahama  S.  S.  Co.,  63  Pine  street;  foot  Wall  street, 
E.  R. 

Nassau.— N.  Y.  and  Cuba  Mail  S.  S.  Co.,  113  Wall  street; 

foot  Tine  street,  E.  R. 
\\  w  Orleans,  La.— Cromwell  Line,  foot  Rector  street,  N.  R. 
New  Orleans,   La.— South   Pacific  Co.,  343  Broadway;  foot 

North  Moore  street,  N.  R. 
Norfolk,  \'a.— Old  Dominion  S.  S.  Co.,  foot  Beach  street, 

N.  R. 

Pernambuco.— U.  S.  and  Brazil  S.  S.  Co.,  19  Whitehall  street; 

Robert  Stores,  Brooklyn. 
Philadelphia,  Pa.— Clyde  Line,  foot  Oliver  street,  E.  R. 
Port  au  Prince.— Atlas  Line,  24  State  street;  foot  Twentieth 

street,  N.  R. 

Portland,  Me.— Maine  S.  S.  Co.,  foot  Market  street,  E.  R. 
Richmond,  Ya. — Old  Dominion  S.  S.  Co.,  foot  Beach  street, 
N.  R. 

Rio  Janeiro.— U.  S.  and  Brazil  S.  S.  Co.,  19  Whitehall  street; 

Robert  Stores,  Brooklyn. 
Rio  Janeiro.— Lamport  and  Holt  Line,  31  Produce  Exchange; 

Martin  Stores,  Brooklyn. 
Rotterdam.— Netherlands  Line,  25  South  William  street  and 

39  Broadway;  foot  Fifth  street,  Hoboken. 
San  Francisco.— Atlantic  and  Pacific  S.  S.  Line,  31  Broadway; 

Atlantic  Dock,  Brooklyn. 
Santiago  de  Cuba.— N.   Y.  and  Cuba  Mail  S.  S.   Co.,  113 

Wall  street;  foot  Wall  street,  E.  R. 


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Savannah,  Ga.— Ocean  S.  S.  Co.,  69  Wall  street;  foot  Canal 
street,  N.  R. 

St.  Croix. — Guion  S.  S.  Co.,  39  Broadway;  foot  Tenth  street, 
N.  R. 

St.  John's,  N.  F. — Red  Cross  Line,  18  Broadway;  Robinson 

Stores,  Brooklyn. 
St.  John's,  Porto  Rico.— N.  Y.  and  Porto  Rico  S.  S.  Co.,  76 

Beaver  street;  at  Dock,  Brooklyn. 
St.  Thomas.— U.  S.  and  Brazil  S.  S.  Co.,  19  Whitehall  street; 

Robert  Stores,  Brooklyn. 
Southampton.— American  Line,  foot  Fulton  street,  N.  R. 
Stettin.— Thingvalla  Line,  28  State  street;  foot  Fourth  street, 

Hoboken. 

Swansea.— Bristol  City  Line,  25  Whitehall  street;  foot  Twen- 
ty-sixth street,  N.  R. 

Tampico.— N.  Y.  and  Cuba  Mail  S.  S.  Co.,  113  Wall  street; 
foot  Wall  street,  E.  R. 

Turk's  Island.— Clyde  W.  I.  Line,  5  Bowling  Green;  foot 
Wall  street,  E.  R. 

Vera  Cruz.— N.  Y.  and  Cuba  Mail  S.  S.  Co.,  113  Wall  street; 
foot  Wall  street,  E.  R. 


Washington,  D.  C— Old  Dominion  Line,  foot  Beach  street, 
N.  R. 

COAST  LIXES  OF  STEAMERS  are  located  as  follows: 


Landing. 

Atlantic  Highlands.. 

Bayville,  L.  I  

Bedlow's  Island  — 
Bergen  Point,  N.  J. . 
Boston  (Fall  River) 
Boston  (Norwich)  . 
Boston  (Providence) 
Boston  (Stonington) 

Branchport,  N.  J  

Bridgeport,  Conn.  . 
Center  Island   


Pier  foot  of 
Rector  street 


Peck  Slip 


 Battery 

Whitehall  street 


Murray  street 

..Watts  street 

.Spring  street 

.Spring  street 


Jane  street 


Catharine  street 


Pike  street 


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Landing.  Pier  foot  of 

Carteret,  N.  J  Rector  street 

Chelsea    Vesey  street 

Clifton   Whitehall  street 

Cold  Spring,  L.  I  Pike  street 

College  Point,  L.  I  Last  Ninety-ninth  street 

Coney  Island   Battery  Place 

Cottage  City   Market  street 

Cromwell,  Conn  Peck  Slip 

Davids  Island   Pier  3,  N.  R. 

Deep  River   Peck  Slip 

East  Haddam   Peck  Slip 

Elizabethport   Rector  street 

Elm  Park   Whitehall  street 

Essex   Peck  Slip 

Fall  River   Murray  street 

Fishing  Ranks, 

West  Forty-eighth  street  and  West  Eleventh  street 

Fort  Hamilton   Pier  3,  E.  R. 

Fort  Schuyler   Pier  3,  E.  R. 

Fort  Wadsworth   Pier  3,  E.  R. 

Gildersleeves   Peck  Slip 

Glastonbury   Peck  Slip 

Glen  Cove   Peck  Slip 

Glen  Island   Cortlandt  street 

Goodspeed   Peck  Slip 

Governor's  Island   Whitehall  street 

Great  Neck,  L.  I  Peck  Slip 

Greenport,  L.  I  Beekman  street 

Greenwich,  Conn  Pike  street 

Harlem   Fulton,  N.  R. 

Hartford,  Conn  Peck  Slip 

Highlands,  N.  J  Franklin  street 

Huntington,  L.  I  Pike  street 

Keyport,  N.  J  ■  Vesey  street 

Liebeg's  Dock,  N.  J  ■  •  Rector  street 

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Landing.  Pu.  foot  of 

Linoleumville  Rector  street 

Lloyd  Dock,  L.  I  Pike  street 

Locust  Point   Franklin  street 

Long  Branch,  N.  J  Jane  and  Rector  streets 

Lynn   Peck  Slip 

Mamaroneck   Pike  street 

Mariner's  Harbor   Rector  street 

Martha's  Vineyard   Market  street 

Middle  Haddam   Peck  Slip 

Middletown   Peck  Slip 

New  Brighton   Whitehall  street 

New  Brunswick   Rector  street 

New  Haven,  Conn  Peck  Slip  and  Cortlandt  street 

New  London,  Conn  W  atts  street 

Newport,  R.  I  »  Murray  street 

New  Rochelle   Pike  street 

North  Beach   East  Ninety-ninth  street 

Norwalk   Peck  Slip 

Norwich,  Conn  Spring  street 

Northport   Peck  Slip 

Oceanic   :  Franklin  street 

Orient,  L.  I  Beekman  street 

Oyster  Bay   Pike  street 

Perth  Amboy,  N.  J  Rector  street 

Pleasure  Bay,  N.  J  Jane  street 

Portland,  Me  Market  street 

Portland,  Conn.  Peck  Slip 

Portchester,  N.  Y  Pike  street 

Port  Monmouth   Canal  street 

Providence,  R.  I  Spring  street 

Red  Bank,  N.  J  Franklin  street  . 

Rock  Landing,  Conn  Peck  Slip 

Rockaway  Beach   West  Twenty-third  street 

Roslyn   Peck  Slip 

Rossville,  S.  I  Rector  street 

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Landing. 

Sag  Harbor,  L.  I  

Sand's  Point,  L.  I... 
Sandy  Hook,  N.  J... 

Saybrook,  Conn  

Sayreville,  N.  J  

Seabright,  N.  J  

Sea  Cliff,  L.  I  

Shelter  Island,  L.  I. 
South  Amboy,  K.  J . 

South  Norwalk   

Southhold,  L.  I.  ... 

Stamford,  Conn  

Star  Landing   

Stonington,  Conn.  . . 
Tottenville,  S.  I..  . . 

Whitestone   

Willet's  Point   

Woodbridge   


Pier  foot  of 
Beekman  street 

 Peck  Slip 

..Pier  3,  E.  R. 

 Peck  Slip 

...Rector  street 
.Franklin  street 

 Peck  Slip 

Beekman  street 
. .  .Rector  street 
Beekman  street 
Beekman  street 

 Pike  street 

.  ..Rector  street 
...Spring  street 
. . .  Rector  street 

 Peck  Slip 

...Pier  3,  E.  R. 
...Rector  street 


HUDSON  RIVER  STEAMERS  start  from  piers  at  the 
foot  of  streets  as  shown  in  the  following  table.  The  Hudson 
is  closed  for  navigation  in  winter  by  ice,  but  in  the  summer 
months  few  more  enjoyable  methods  of  spending  a  day  can 
be  found  than  in  passing  over  the  surface  of  the  American 
Rhine.  From  New  York  to  Newburg  is  one  vast  panorama 
of  beauteous  scenery,  and  the  banks  are  the  historic  sites  of 
some  of  the  most  stirring  events  of  the  Revolution. 

HUDSON  RIVER  LINES. 
Albany  (Day),  Desbrosses  street. 
Albany  (Night),  Canal  street. 
Athens,  West  Eleventh  street. 
Barrytown,  West  Eleventh  street. 
Catskill,  Desbrosses  and  West  Eleventh  streets. 
Cold  Spring,  Franklin  street. 

Cornwall,  Franklin,  Desbrosses,  and  West  Tenth  streets. 
Coxsackie,  West  Eleventh  street. 


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Cranston's,  Desbrosses  and  Franklin  streets. 
Edgewater,  West  Thirteenth  street. 
Esopus,  West  Tenth  street. 
Fort  Lee,  West  Thirteenth  and  130th  streets. 
Germantown,  West  Eleventh  street. 
Grassy  Point,  West  Tenth  street. 
Haverstraw,  West  Tenth  street. 
Highland,  Franklin  street. 

Hudson,  Desbrosses  and  West  Eleventh  streets. 
Hyde  Park,  Desbrosses  and  West  Eleventh  streets. 
Linlithgow,  West  Eleventh  street. 
Maiden,  West  Eleventh  street. 

Marlborough.  Franklin  and  West  Tenth  streets. 

Milton,  Desbrosses  and  West  Tenth  street*. 

New  Baltimore,  West  Eleventh  street. 

Newburg,  Desbrosses,  West  Tenth,  and  Franklin  streets. 

New    Hamburg,    Desbrosses,    Franklin,    and    West  Tenth 

streets. 
Nyack,  West  Tenth  street. 
Oak  Hill,  West  Eleventh  street. 
Peekskill,  West  Tenth  street. 
Pleasant  Valley,  West  Thirteenth  street. 

Poughkeepsie,  Desbrosses,  West  Tenth,  and  Franklin  streets. 

Rhinebeck,  Desbrosses  and  West  Eleventh  streets. 

Rockland  Lake.  West  Tenth  street. 

Rondout,  Desbrosses  and  West  Tenth  streets. 

Saugerties,  West  Eleventh  street. 

Shadyside,  West  Thirteenth  street. 

Sing  Sing,  Franklin  street. 

Smith's  Landing,  West  Eleventh  street. 

Stockport,  West  Eleventh  street. 

Stuyvesant,  West  Eleventh  street. 

Tarrytown,  West  Tenth  street. 

Tivoli,  West  Eleventh  street. 

Troy,  West  Tenth  street. 

Ulster,  West  Eleventh  street. 


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Yerplank,  West  Tenth  street. 

West  Fark,  West  Tenth  street. 

West  Point.  Desbrosses  and  Franklin  streets. 

Yonkers.  West  Tenth,  Franklin,  and  Desbrosses  streets. 

ARRIVAL  IN  M'-N\  I'ORK.  By  whatever  route  the 
visitor  readies  the  metropolis  he  will  encounter  a  bustling, 
eager  crowd.  Hackmen,  express  agents  and  public  porters 
surround  each  depot  and  vociferously  solicit  custom.  Having 
selected  the  hotel  at  which  he  proposes  to  stay  (see  list  here- 
inafter printed),  the  visitor  may  well  bear  in  mind  a  few  max- 
ims  conducive  to  his  safety  and  well  being.  As  to  cabs,  bag- 
gage express,  and  porters  deal  only  "  itli  uniformed 
reputable  men.  If  in  doubt  consult  a  policeman.  Assuming  a 
cab  is  required,  the  charges  are  regulated  by  municipal  ordi- 
nance as  follows: 

Cmhm  By  «!>«'  mile.  Fifty  cents  for  the  first  mile,  and 
2$  cents  for  each  additional  half-mile.  For  stops  over  five 
minutes,  and  not  exceeding  fifteen.  25  cents;  for  longer 
Stops,  25  cents  for  each  fifteen  minutes.  By  the  Hour: 
With  the  privilege  of  going  and  stopping  to  suit  yourself, 
$1  for  the  first  hour,  or  part  thereof,  and  50  cents  for  each 
additional  half-hour.    This  tariff  includes  hansom  cabs. 

<  onche*  By  the  mile,  "ne  dollar  for  the  first  mile, 
or  part  thereof;  and  each  additional  half-mile  or  part  thereof. 
40  cents.  By  distance  for  M  stops."  38  cents  for  each  fifteen 
minutes.  For  brief  stops,  not  over  five  minutes,  no  charge. 
By  the  Hour:  $..50  first  hour  or  part  thereof,  and  each 
succeeding  half-hour  or  part  thereof.  75  cents.  From  'Mine 
balls."  one  or  two  passengers,  to  any  point  south  of  Fifty- 
ninth  street.  $2;  each  additional  passenger,  50  cents;  north  of 
Fifty-ninth  street,  each  additional  mile,  50  cents. 

The  legal  fares  are  understood  to  be  for  one  or  two  persons 
in  a  cab.  or  for  one,  two,  three,  or  four  persons  in  a  carriage; 
while  children  under  8  years  are  to  be  carried  free  when 
accompanied  by  adults.  It  also  includes  the  carrying  of  one 
piece  of  baggage;  for  all  pieces  over  one  a  special  bargain 
must  be  made. 


The  fare  everywhere  on  the  trains  of  the  elevated  railroads 
and  on  all  the  surface  cars  is  five  cents,  without  regard  to  dis- 
tance, and  many  surface  cars  give  transfers.  A  good  plan  is 
to  ask  the  conductor,  for  instance,  "  How  near  do  you  run  to 
Siegel-Cooper  Co.'s  Big  Store?  "  In  reply  he  will  tell  a  visi- 
tor where  to  transfer  or  where  to  alight. 

BA(;(iAGE  EXPRESS.  All  trains  and  steamers  are 
boarded  by  reliable  and  uniformed  baggage  agents  who  will 
check  baggage  to  any  hotel  or  address  at  moderate  rates.  In 
like  manner  inquiry  of  an  hotel  clerk  will  insure  a  reliable 
company  expressing  baggage  on  the  visitor's  departure  from 
the  city. 

HOTELS.  New  York's  hotels  are  numerous  and  widely 
scattered.  They  range  in  price  from  the  palatial  Astoria. 
Plaza,  or  Savoy,  on  Fifth  Avenue,  to  the  quiet  simplicity 
of  University  Place  or  the  side  streets  of  Brooklyn.  Trices 
vary  from  $5  per  day  to  50  cents  per  night.  ( )ne  word  to  the 
wise.  If  in  search  of  inexpensive  accommodation  ask  r  po- 
lice officer  as  to  the  character  of  the  house  and  avoid  all 
"  Raines  Law  "  Hotels,  which,  as  a  general  rule,  are  over 
ordinary  saloons.  Hotels  are  conducted  on  the  American 
plan— i.e.,  a  room  and  three  meals  a  day— or  on  the  European 
plan,  where  the  room  alone  is  hired  and  the  meals  are 
charged  extra,  or  according  to  what  is  ordered. 

List  of  Reputable  Hotels  in  New  York. 
Adams,  3  Tenth  avenue. — Eur.,  50  cents. 
Albemarle,  Broadway  and  Twenty-fourth  street.  — Eur.,  $2. 
Albert,    University   place   and    East    Eleventh   street. — Eur.. 
$1.50. 

America,  15  Irving  place.— Ant.,  $2.50;  Eur..  $1  (Spanish). 
Ashland.   Fourth  avenue  and  Twenty-third  street.— Am.,  $3; 
Eur.,  $1. 

Aster,  Broadway,  Barclay,  and  Yesey  streets.— Eur..  $1. 
Astoria,  Fifth  avenue  and  Thirty-fourth  street — (See  Waldorf). 
Barrett,  Broadway  and  Forty-third  street.— Eur.,  $1.50. 
Bartholdi,  Broadway  and  Twenty-third  street.— Eur.,  $1.50. 

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Behidere,  Fourth  avenue  and  Eight* With  street.— Am.,  $3; 

Eur.,  $1  1 
Bradford,   65   East   Eleventh   street.— Am.,   $1.50;   Eur.,  50 

cents. 

Hrevuort,  Fifth  avenue  and  Clinton  place  (Eighth  street).— 

Eur..  $2. 

Bristol,  Fifth  avenue  and  Forty-second  street.— Am.,  $5. 
Broadway  Central,  671  Broadway.— Am.,  $2.50;  Eur.,  $1. 
Buckingham,   Fifth  avenue  and  Fiftieth  street.— Eur.,  $1.50; 

with  bath.  $^.50- 
Clarendon,  Eighteenth  street  nnd  Fourth  avenue. 
Colonnade,  726  Broadway  and  35  Lafayette  place.— Am.,  $2; 

Eur.,  $1. 

Continental,  Broadway  and  Twentieth  street.— Eur.,  $1. 
Cosmopolitan,  Chambers  street  and  West  Broadway.— Eur., 
|I. 

Crook's,  114  Bark  row.— Eur.,  75  cents. 

Devonshire,  30  East   F.>rty-»cc<>nd  street.  — Eur.,  $1. 

Fmpire,  Boulevard  and  Sixty-third  street.— Am.,  $3.50;  Eur., 

$!. 

Endicott,  101  West  Eighty-first  street.— Am.,  $3;  Eur.,  $1. 
Everett,    Fourth    avenue    and    Seventeenth    street  (Union 

Square).— Eur..  $i-5°- 
Everett's  Hotel,  104  Yesey  street.— Eur.,  75  cents. 
Fifth  Avenue,  Fifth  avenue  and  Twenty-third  street  (Madison 
—      Square).— Am.,  $5. 

C.erlach,  55  West  Twenty-seventh  street.— Am.,  $4;  Eur.,  $2. 
Gilsey,  Broadway  and  Twenty-ninth  street.— Eur.,  $2. 
Grand,  Broadway  and  Thirty-first  street.— Eur.,  $2. 
Grand  Union,  Fourth  avenue  and  Forty-second  street.— Eur., 
It. 

Grenoble,    Seventh    avenue    and    Fifty-sixth    street.— (Not 
given). 

Griflfou,  19  West  Ninth  street  (French).— Am.,  $3;  Eur.,  $1. 
Griswold,  55  West  Forty-second  street.— Eur.,  $1. 
HaH'i,  Duane  street  and  Park  Row.— Eur.,  75  cents. 


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Hamblen's,  148  Chambers  street.— Eur.,  75  cents. 
Hamilton,  Eighth  avenue  and  125th  street  (Harlem). — Eur., 
$1. 

Hoffman,  1111  Broadway. — Eur.,  $2. 

Holland,  Fifth  avenue  and  Thirtieth  street. — Eur.,  $2. 

Hungaria,  4  East  Union  Square.— Eur.,  $1. 

Imperial,   Broadway  and  Thirty-second  street. — Eur.,  $2. 

Kensington,  Fifth  avenue  and  Fifteenth  street.— Eur.,  $1. 

Leggett's,  76  Park  Row.— Eur.,  75  cents. 

Lincoln,  Broadway  and  Fifty-second  street.— Eur.,  $1. 

Madison  Avenue,  Madison  avenue  and  Fifty-eighth  street. — 

Am.,  $3;  Eur.,  $1. 
Majestic,   Central   Park  West  and   Seventh-second  street. — 

Am.,  $4;  Eur.,  $2. 
Manhattan,  Madison  avenue  and  Forty-second  street. — Eur., 

$2. 

Marie  Antoinette,  Boulevard  and  Sixty-sixth  street. — Am., 
$3-50. 

Marlborough,    Broadway    and    Thirty-seventh    street. — Am., 

$3.50;  Eur..  $1.50. 
Martin,     University    place     and     Ninth     street.— Eur.,  $1 

(French). 

Metropole,  Broadway  and  Forty-second  street.— Eur.,  $1. 
Metropolitan,    Broadway  and   Twenty-seventh  street. — Eur., 
$1. 

Miller's,  36  West  Twenty-sixth  street.— Am..  $2.50. 

Morton   House,   Broadway   and   Fourteenth   street  (Union 

Square).— Eur.,  $1. 
Mount  Morris,  2396  Third  avenue  (Harlem).— Eur.,  $1. 
Murray  Hill,  Park  avenue  and  Forty-first  street. — Am.,  $3. 50; 

Eur.,  $1.50. 

Netherland,  Fifth  avenue  and  Fifty-ninth  street.— (Unan- 
nounced, but  high.) 

New  Amsterdam,  Fourth  avenue  and  Twenty-first  street. — 
Eur.,  $1. 

Normandie,  Broadway  and  Thirty-eighth  street.— Eur.,  $2. 


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Occidental,  313  Broome  street.— Eur.,  $i. 

Oriental,  Broadway  and  Thirty-ninth  street.— Eur.,  $i. 

Park  Avenue,  Fourth  avenue  and  Thirty-second  street.— Am., 

$3.50;  Eur.,  $1. 
Plaza,  Fifth  avenue  and  Fifty-ninth  street— (Not  given.) 
Pomeroy,  Broadway  and  Fifty-ninth  street  (Eighth  avenue).— 

Eur.,  $1. 

St.  Cloud,  Broadway  and  Forty-second  street.— Eur.,  $1. 
St.  Denis,  Broadway  and  Eleventh  street.— Eur.,  $1. 
St.  George,  49  East  Twelfth  street.— Am.,  $2.50;  Eur.,  $1. 
St.  Marc,  434  Fifth  avenue.— Am.,  $4;  Eur.,  $1.50. 
St.  Nicholas,  4  Washington  place.— Am.,  $2.50;  Eur.,  $1. 
St.  Stephen,  52  East  Eleventh  street.— Eur.,  $r. 
San  Marco,  21  West  Twenty-third  street.— Eur.,  $2.50. 
San  Remo,  Eighth  avenue  and  Seventy-fifth  street.— Am.,  $4. 
Savoy,  Fifth  avenue  and  Fifty-ninth  street.— Am.,  $4.50;  Eur., 
$2. 

Sherman   Square,   Boulevard  and  Seventy-first  street.— Rate 

not  announced. 
Sinclair,  Broadway  and  Eighth  street.— Eur.,  $1. 
Smith  &  McNeil's,  199  Washington  street.— Eur.,  50  cents. 
Stevens,  27  Broadway.— Fur.,  $1. 
Stuart's,  Broadway  and  Forty-first  street.— Eur.,  $1. 
Sturtevant,  Broadway  and  Twenty-ninth  street.— Am.,  $3.50; 

Eur.,  $1.50. 

Tecumseh,  Boulevard,  near  Sixty-sixth  street.— Eur.,  $1. 

Trainor's,  12S9  F.roadway.— Eur.,  $1. 

Union  Square,  16  East  Union  Square.— Eur.,  $1. 

United  States,  Fulton  and  Water  streets.-Eur.  "5  cents. 

Vanderbilt,  Lexington  avenue  and  Forty-second  street.-Eur., 


Vendome,  Broadway  and  Forty-first  street.-Eur.,  $2. 
Waldorf-Astoria,  Fifth  avenue  and  Thirty-third  street.-Lur 
$3- 

Westminster,  Irving  place  and  East  Sixteenth  street.-Am. 
$3-50- 

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Windsor,  Fifth  avenue  and  Forty-sixth  street.— Am.,  $6. 
Winthrop,  2088  Seventh  avenue  (Harlem). — Eur.,  $1.50. 

FIRMSHED  ROOMS.  These  are  to  be  found  all  over 
the  city  and  of  all  prices.  The  advertisements  in  the  daily 
papers  or  a  card  on  the  doorpost  indicate  the  location  of 
rooms,  and  an  inquiry  of  a  policeman  will  assure  any  an- 
xious person  as  to  the  respectability  or  otherwise  of  a  house 
or  its  location. 

BOARDING  HOUSES.  These,  like  furnished  rooms,  are 
to\be  found  in  every  section  of  the  city,  and  the  daily  papers 
furnish  the  best  index  to  their  location.  Prices  range  from 
$5  to  $30  per  week,  according  to  accommodations  offered,  and 
include  baths  and  two  or  three  meals  a  day. 

BATHS  are  to  be  found  in  hotels,  in  many  barber  shops, 
and  in  the  summer  at  the  battery  and  along  the  river  fronts. 
But  then  the  coast  is  near  at  hand,  and  the  delights  of  cos- 
mopolitan Coney  Island  are  easy  of  access.  Turkish  and 
Russian  baths  are  numerous  and  well  appointed. 

RESTAURANTS.  It  is  questionable  if  any  city  in  the 
world  can  boast  of  better  restaurants  than  those  of  Greater 
New  York.  At  least  3,000  in  number,  they  vary  in  style  from 
the  luxury  and  exclusiveness  of  Delmonico's,  to  the  rapid 
transit  economy  of  a  Park  Row  lunch  counter.  It  has  been 
estimated  that  one-half  the  population  live  entirely  at  restau- 
rants, and  certainly  there  are  plenty  for  visitors  to  choose 
from.  All  the  leading  hotels  make  a  feature  of  catering  to 
visitors  other  than  those  staying  at  the  hotel.  The  dining- 
rooms  of  the  Astorra,  Waldorf,  Holland  House,  and  Imperial 
are  some  of  the  principal  sights  of  the  city,  decked  with  rare 
flowers  and  costly  silverware,  and  populous  with  the  rich  of 
this  and  other  cities.  The  principal  stores  are  also  noted  for 
the  excellence  of  their  restaurants,  and  chief  of  these  stands 
the  Big  Store  of  Siegel-Cooper  Co.,  with  an  excellent  res- 
taurant, located  in  the  basement.  This  has  proved  a  most 
popular  feature  with  the  thousands  of  shopperr  visiting  the 
store.     The  best  of  everything  is  to  be  had  at  the  most 


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moderate  price,  and  many  a  tired  visitor  rests  and  recu- 
perates in  its  comfort  and  quietude  while  refreshing  the  inner 
man  or  woman.  As  to  the  general  restaurants  of  the  cit; 
they  may  he  classified  in  three  divisions.  In  the  finan- 
cial center  of  the  city,  from  the  Battery  to  Chambers  street, 
among  the  principal  restaurants  are  The  Downtown  Del 
monico's,  South  William  and  Heaver  streets;  The  Cab'  Sa 
varin,  120  Broadway;  The  Hodman  Caff*,  7  Beaver  street: 
Dorlon's,  Fulton  Market  (fish  a  specialty);  Mouquin's,  \\, 
Fulton  street;  the  Astor  House-,  Dennett's,  and  others.  9 

In  the  wholesale  district,  from  Chamhers  to  Fourteenth 
strut,  are  to  be  found  the  Hroadway  Central  Hotel  Cafe. 
Broadway  and  Blcecktr  street;  Au  Chat  Noir.  South  Fifth 
avenue,  near  Fourth  street;  the  Vienna  Cafe,  788  Broadwa;  . 
the  St.  Denis  Hotel.  Broadway  and  Eleventh  street;  the 
Morton  House.  Broadway  and  Fourteenth  street,  and  Pep- 
per's,  East  Fourteenth  street. 

In  the  retail  shopping  district,  from  Fourteenth  to  Twenty- 
third  streets,  the  restaurants  are  naturally  plentiful  to  a  <1 
gree.  Prominent  among  them  may  he  mentioned  the  restau- 
rants of  the  Big  St. .re  Siegel-Cooper  Co.,  Sixth  avenue  and 
Eighteenth  street;  I'ursell's,  912  Broadway,  and  O'Neill's, 
35K  Sixth  avenue. 

In  the  district  hounded  by  Twenty-third  and  Forty-second 
streets,  occur  the  fashionable  and  more  expensive  restaurants. 
Here  one  finds  the  Hoffman  House,  Maillard's,  the  Impe- 
rial, the  Holland  House-,  the  Waldorf  and  Astoria  Hotels. 
Del  monico's.  Fifth  avenue  and  Twenty-sixth  street;  Dorlon's. 
6  East  Twenty-third  street;  the  Murray  Hill  Hotel,  Fourth 
avenue  and  Forty-first  street;  Grand  Union  and  Devonshire 
Hotels,  and  several  "dairies."  opposite  the  Grand  Central 
Depot;  Shanley's,  1476-1478  Broadway  (chop  house);  Nor 
mandie,  Yendome,  Metropole,  Stuart's,  St.  Cloud,  and  Bar- 
rett Hotels,  at  or  near  Broadway  and  Forty-second  street: 
the   Manhattan   (hotel),   Madison  avenue  and  Forty-second 


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street ;  Pursell's,  25  West  Forty-second  street,  and  Martin's, 
1437  Broadway  (oysters).  ' 

Restaurants  are  open  in  the  Plaza,  New  Netherlands, 
Savoy,  and  San  Rcmo  hotels,  in  the  Central  Park  district, 
while  the  Casino,  in  Central  Park,  and  Claremont,  near 
General  Grant's  Tomb,  are  favorite  resorts  of  an  evening  or 
Sunday,   especially  with  those  driving. 

HOW  TO  GET  ABOUT  THE  CITY.  In  shape,  Man 
hattan  Island  may  roughly  be  compared  to  a  lozenge.  North 
and  south  along  its  area  run  four  lines  of  elevated  railroad 
and  many  surface  cars.  Its  crosstown  streets  are  also  grid- 
ironed  with  car  tracks,  so  that  to  an  intelligent  visitor 
or  to  one  who  will  inquire  of  policemen,  access  to  any 
part  of  the  city  is  easy  and  fairly  rapid.  Dealing  first  with 
THE  ELEVATED  RAILROAD,  the  four  lines  of  which 
all  converge  at  the  Battery,  the  following  particulars  will  be 
of  service: 

The  fare  is  five  cents  each  passenger,  except  children  under 
five  years  of  age,  who  are  permitted  to  ride  free. 

SECOND  AVENUE  LINE.  Trains  run  between  the  Bat- 
tery and  129th  street,  daily  and  Sunday,  at  intervals  of  4  to 
6  minutes  from  5  A.M.  to  12  midnight.  Time,  40  minutes. 
Transfer  to  and  from  Third  Avenue  Line  at  Chatham 
square.    Distance,  8.73  miles. 


23d  St.,  bet.  1st  anu  2d  aves.  129th  st.,  connects  with  Sub- 
34th  st.  and  2d  ave.  branch,  urban  Rapid  Transit, 

to  34th  st.  Ferry,  E.  R. 


STATI  )S  ; 


South  Ferry. 
Hanover  sq. 
Fulton  and  Pearl  sts. 
Franklin  sq. 
Chatham  sq. 
Canal  and  Allen  sts. 
Grand  and  Allen  sts. 
Rivington  and  Allen  sts. 
1st  st.  and  1st  ave. 
8th  st.  and  1st  ave. 
14th  st.  and  1st  ave. 
19th  st.  and  1st  ave. 


42d  st.  and  2d  ave. 
50th  st.  and  2d  ave. 
57th  st.  and  2d  ave. 
65th  st.  and  2d  ave. 
80th  st.  and  2d  ave. 
86th  st.  and  2d  ave. 
92d  st.  and  2d  ave. 
99th  st.  and  2d  ave. 
1  nth  st.  and  2d  ave. 
117th  st.  and  2d  ave. 
121st  st.  and  2d  ave. 
127th  st.  and  2d  ave. 


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THIRD  L VENUE  LINE.  Trains  run  daily  and  Sun- 
day between  City  Hall  and  129th  street  at  intervals  of  3  to 
6  minutes  from  5.30  A.M.  to  12.45  A.M.,  then  every  20 
minutes  to  5.30  A.M.  Trains  run  daily  and  Sunday  between 
South  Ferry  and  129th  street  at  intervals  of  6  minutes  from 
5.19  A.M.  to  12  night,  then  every  20  minutes  to  5.19  A.M. 
I'.ranch  to  Grand  Central  Depot  (42d  street)  every  few 
minutes  from  6  A.M.  to  12  P.M.  daily.  Branch  to  34th  Street 
Ferry  every  few  minutes  from  5.30  A.M.  to  12  P.M.  daily. 
Time  between  City  Hall  and  129th  street,  35  minutes;  Chat- 
ham square  to  129th  street,  33  minutes;  South  Ferry  to  129th 
street,  40  minutes.  Transfer  to  and  from  Second  Avenue 
Line  at  Chatham  square.  Distance.  South  Ferry  to  129th 
street  and  Third  avenue,  8.48  miles;  City  Hall  to  129th 
street  and  Third  avenue,  7.52  miles. 

STATIONS. 

South  Ferry.  to  34th  st.  Ferry,  E.  K. 

Hanover  sq.  42d  st.  and  3d  ave.  branch, 

Fulton  and  Pearl  sts.  to  Grand  Central  Depot. 

Franklin  sq.  47th  st.  and  3d  ave. 

City  Hall.  53d  st.  and  3d  ave. 

Chatham  sq.  59th  st.  and  3d  ave. 

Canal  and  Powery.  67th  st.  and  3d  ave. 

Grand  and  Powery.  76th  st.  and  3d  ave. 

Houston  and  Powery.  84th  st.  and  3d  ave. 

9th  st.  and  3d  ave.  89th  st.  and  3d  ave. 

14th  st.  and  3d  ave.  99th  st.  and  3d  ave. 

18th  st.  and  3d  ave.  106th  st.  and  3d  ave. 

23d  st.  and  3d  ave.  116th  st.  and  3d  ave. 

28th  st.  and  3d  ave.  125th  st.  and  3d  ave. 

34th  st.  and  3d  ave.  branch,      129th  st.  and  3d  ave. 

SIXTH  AVEME  LINE.  Trains  run  daily  and  Sunday 
between  South  Ferry  and  Central  Park  or  Harlem  at  in- 
tervals of  1Y2  to  4  minutes  from  5.30  A.M.  to  12  P.M.,  altern- 
ately to  58th  street  and  155th  street,  and  from  12  midnight  to 
5.30  A.M.  every  15  minutes  to  155th  street.  The  58th  street 
station  closes  at  midnight.  The  through  time  from  South 
Ferry  to  58th  street  is  27  minutes;  to  155th  street,  49  minutes. 
Passengers  transferred  at  59th  street  to  9th  Avenue  Line 


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without  extra  charge.  Cross-town  (surface)  cars  run  from 
Grand  Central  to  426.  street  station.  Distance.  South  Ferry 
to  155th  street  and  8th  avenue,  10.76  miles;  South  Ferry  to 
58th  street  and  6th  avenue,  5.18  miles. 

STATIONS. 

South  Ferry.  50th  st.  and  6th  ave. 

Battery  pi.  58th  st.  and  6th  ave. 

Rector  and  X.  Church  sts.  53d  st.  and  8th  ave. 

Cortlandt  and  X.  Church.  59th  st.  and  9th  ave. 

Park  pi.  and  Church  st.  66th  st.  and  Columbus  ave. 

Chambers    and    \Y.    Broad-  "2d  st.  and  Columbus  ave. 

way.  81st  st.  and  Columbus  ave. 

Franklin  and  W.  Broadway.  93d  st.  and  Columbus  ave. 

Grand  and  W.  Broadway.  104th  st.  and  Columbus  ave. 

Bleecker  and  W.  Broadway.  116th  st.  and  8th  ave. 

8th  st.  and  6th  ave.  125th  st.  and  8th  ave. 

14th  st.  and  6th  ave.  130th  st.  and  8th  ave.  (down 
18th   st.   and   6th   ave.    (the         track  only). 

Big  Store).  135th  st.  and  8th  ave. 

23d  st.  and  6th  ave.  145th  st.  and  8th  ave. 

28th  st.  and  6th  ave.  155th  st.  and  8th  ave.,  con- 
33d  st.  and  6th  ave.  nects  with  Xew  York  and 

42d  st.  and  6th  ave.  Putnam  Railway. 

NIXTH  AVENUE  LIXE.  Trains  run  daily  and  Sunday 
from  South  Ferry  to  59th  street  every  3  to  6  minutes,  and 
from  59th  street  to  South  Ferry  every  4  to  6  minutes  be- 
tween 5.30  A.M.  and  8  P.M.  Time,  24  minutes.  Passengers 
transferred  at  59th  street  to  Sixth  Avenue  Line  without 
extra  charge.  Distance.  South  Ferry  to  155th  street  and 
8th  avenue,  10.07  miles.  South  Ferry  to  59th  street  and  9th 
avenue,  5.08  miles. 

STATIONS. 

South  Ferry.  Houston  and  Greenwich  sts. 

Battery  pi.  Christopher  and  Greenwich 

Rector  and  Greenwich  sts.  sts. 
Cortlandt     and     Greenwich       14th  st.  and  9th  ave. 

sts.  23d  st.  and  9th  ave. 

Barclay  and  Greenwich  sts.        30th  st.  and  9th  ave. 
Warren  and  Greenwich  sts.        34th  st.  and  9th  ave. 
Franklin  and  Greenwich  sts.      42d  st.  and  9th  ave. 
Desbrosses    and    Greenwich       50th  st.  and  9th  ave. 

sts.  59th  st.  and  9th  ave. 


SUBURBAN  BRANCH  LINES.  Trains  run  daily  and 
Sunday  between  .29th  street  and  177th  street  at  an  interval 
of  6  minutes  from  5  A.M.  to  .2.45  A.M..  then  every  15  minutes 
until  5  A.M.  Running  time.  17  minutes.  Distance.  129th 
Street  and  3d  avenue  to  177th  street  and  3d  avenue,  3.71  miles. 

STATIONS. 

129th  st.  and  3d  ave.  166th  st. 

jgfcjt  and  2d  ave.  plover  ave. 

Sfjf  *  and  3d  ave.  (Tre- 

,49th  st.  mont). 
161st  st. 

BRIDGE,    GRAND,    IND    LEXINGTON  kVENUE 
BROOKLYN  BLE1  1TED  RAILROADS.    Fare  same 
as  New  York,  5  cents. 

BRANCH.  Tram,  leave  Brooklyn  for  Cypress  Hills  sta- 
tion every  4  minutes,  from  5^6  A.M.  to  ....  night;  and  from 
A.M.  to  5  A.M ..  every  half  hour;  leave  Cypress  Hills 
station  East  New  York,  every  5  minutes,  from  about  4-53 
A.M.  to  12.36  night;  and  from  1.06  A.M.  to  5  A.M.,  every 
half  hour.  Passengers  transferred  at  junction  points  to  or 
from  other  branches  without  extra  fare.  Through  time  from 
Brooklyn  Bridge  to  Gates  avenue,  19  minutes;  to  Cypress 
Hills,  32  minutes. 

STATIONS. 

Brooklvn  Bridge.  Tompkins  ave. 

Mvrtle'ave.  and  Adams  st.         Sumner  ave. 
Bridge    st.    (junc.    5th    ave.      Reid  ave. 

branch).  „  ,  ('at.es  aVf- 

Navy     st      (junc.      l-ulton      Halsey  st. 
*  Fe'rrv     and     Myrtle     ave.       Chauncey  st. 

branch)  '  Manhattan   Beach  Crossing. 

Vanderbilt  ave.  ave' 
Washington  ave.  S^JSLSTv— 
Myrtle  and  Grand  aves.  Cleveland  ave. 

n^Tv'alh  ave  Norwood  ave. 

( line  ave  Crescent  ave.  ^ 

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FULTON  FERRY  AMD  MiflTLE  AVEME 
DRAXCH.  Trains  leave  Fulton  Ferry  about  every  5 
minutes,  from  5.31  A.M.  to  12.48  night;  leave  Myrtle  ave- 
nue and  YVyckoff  avenue  about  every  5  minutes,  from  5.04 
A.M.  to  12.36  night.  Passengers  transferred  at  junction 
points  to  or  from  other  branches  without  extra  fare. 
Through  time  from  Fulton  Ferry  to  Broadway,  16  minutes; 
to  Ridgewood,  21  minutes. 

STATIONS 

Fulton   Ferry.  Nostrand  ave. 

York    and    Washington    sts.      Tompkins  ave. 


Broadwa^ 


Sumner  ave. 
Broadway  (junc. 

branch). 
Evergreen  ave. 
DeKalb  ave. 
Knickerbocker  ave. 
Wyckoff  ave.  at  Ridgewood. 
4.91     miles     from  Fulton 
Ferrv. 


(Bridge). 
Bridge  st. 

Navy  st.   (junc.   Grand  and 

Lexington  ave.  branch  and 

5th  ave.  branch). 
Vanderbilt  ave. 
Washington  ave. 
Grand  ave.  (junc.  Grand  and 

Lexington  ave.  branch). 
Franklin  ave. 

BROADWAY  BR AJfCH.  Trains  leave  Broadway  Ferry 
for  Cypress  Hills  Station  about  every  5  minutes,  from  5.21 
A.M.  to  1. 01  night;  and  from  1.57  A.M.  to  4.57  A.M.  every 
half  hour.  Leave  Cypress  Hills  Station  about  every  5 
minutes,  from  4.56  A.M.  to  12x6  night;  and  from  about  12.20 
A.M.  to  4.50  A.M.  every  half  hour.  Passengers  transferred 
at  junction  points  to  or  from  other  branches  without  extra 
fare.  Through  time  from  Broadway  Ferry  to  Cypress  Hills, 
25  minutes.  stations. 


Broadway  Ferry. 
Driggs  st. 
Marcy  ave. 
Hewes  ave. 
Lorimer  st. 
Flushing  ave. 
Park  ave. 
Myrtle  ave. 

Ferry  and 

branch). 
DeKalb  ave. 

Gates  ave.  (junc.  Grand  and 


(junc.  Fulton 
Myrtle  ave. 


Lexington  ave.  branch). 
Halsey  st. 
Chauncey  st. 
Manhattan  Junction. 
Alabama  ave. 
Miller  ave. 
Cleveland  ave. 
Norwood  ave. 
Crescent  ave. 
Cypress  Hills  Cemetery. 
6.20     miles     from  Fulton 

Ferrv. 


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FIFTH  A.VBMUB,  QRKENWOOD,  VM)  II A  \ 
It  I IX •  10  ],1M:.  Trains  leave  Brooklyn  Bridge  about  every 
4  minutes  from  5.27  A.M.  to  1.10  night;  from  1.10  night  to  S 
A.M.  every  half  hour.  Leave  3d  avenue  and  65th  street 
about  every  5  minutes  from  5-°°  A.M.  to  12.52  night;  from 
12.52  A.M.  to  5  A.M.  every  half  hour.  Passengers  trans- 
ferred at  junction  points  to  or  from  other  branches  without 
extra  fare.  Through  time  from  Bridge  depot  to  36th  street, 
17  minutes,  and  to  65th  street.  24  minutes.  This  line  connects 
with  the  Brooklyn  Bridge  and  Coney  Island  Line  via  Culver 
Route.  Trains  leave  hourly  during  winter  and  about  every 
10  minutes  through  the  summer  from  Brooklyn  Bridge  and 
Coney  Island.  Brooklyn,  Bath,  and  West  End  R.  R.  at 
Union  Depot,  36th  street,  and  connects  with  Electric  road  for 
Fort  Hamilton,  and  Long  Island  R.  R.  and  New  York  and 
Sea  Beach  R.  R.  for  Coney  Island  at  65th  street. 

STATIONS. 

Brooklyn  Bridge.  9f}»  »*• 

Adams  st.  and  Myrtle  ave.  16th  st. 

/Titv   Hall)  20th  st. 

Bridge  st.   and  Myrtle  ave.  25th  st.  and  5th  ave.  (Green- 
iunc.   of   Grand   and   Lex-         wood  entrance) 
ington  ave.  branch;  change  -(wtoa  uo!U^>  1§ 

for  Fulton  Ferry.)  40th  st   3d  ave  ) 

Hudson  ave.  and  Fulton  st.  46th  st.   (3d  a\e.). 

Wrt. A«: aves-  ft *  <4  -4 

*  Mark'S  *  rem  Brooklyn 

id  st  Bridge. 

KINGS  COUNT*   ELEVATED   RAILWAY.  Ill 
TOW  STREET  LINE.    Trains  run  from  Fulton  Ferry  and 
Brooklyn  Bridge  through  Fulton  street  to  City  Line. 

STATIONS. 

Fulton  Ferry.  5°erum  PL  (Court  sq  )' 

Brooklyn  Bridge.  &lnLp,li  ♦ 

Clark  st  Duffield  st. 

Tiilerv  st  Flatbush  ave. 

Court  st  Lafayette  ave. 

Myrtle  ave.  Cumberland  st. 

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STATION?. 


Vanderbilt  ave. 
Grand  ave. 
Franklin  ave. 
Xostrand  ave. 
Brooklyn  ave. 
Tompkins  ave. 
Albany  ave. 
Sumner  ave. 
Utica  ave. 
Ralph  ave. 
Saratoga  ave. 


Manhattan  Crossing. 
Atlantic  ave. 

East  B'way  and  Snediker. 
Pennsylvania  ave. 
Van  Siclen  ave. 
Linwood  st. 
Montauk  ave. 
Chestnut  st. 

Liberty  and  Crescent  aves. 
Liberty    and     Grant  aves. 
(City  Line). 


Rockaway  ave. 

Trains  run  on  this  line  continuously  day  and  night,  and 
from  12.30  midnight  to  5  A.M.  every  45  minutes.  Trains  for 
bridge  and  ferry  display  no  signals;  for  bridge  only,  white 
signals;  for  ferry  only,  green  signals.  The  length  of  the 
route  is  8M:  miles,  and  time  of  trip,  38  minutes. 

Connection  of  Brighton  Beach  Railroad  with  Kings 
County  Railway  at  Franklin  avenue  and  Fulton  street. 
Trains  run  from  6.30  A.M.  to  8.30  P.M.  in  winter,  and  until 
12  night  in  summer. 

The  various  sights  and  scenes  in  the  districts  traversed 
by  the  Elevated  Roads  will  be  found  described  in  Chapters 
VI  and  VII.  In  taking  these  cars  visitors  should  look  for 
the  signs  on  the  stairs  indicating  whether  the  train  goes 
"  uptown  "  or  "  downtown,"  and  also  for  the  train's  destina- 
tion on  the  side  of  the  locomotive  boiler.  An  inquiry  of 
the  gateman  when  depositing  a  ticket  in  the  "  chopper  " 
will  save  much  trouble.  On  the  train  the  officials  call  out 
the  name  of  the  next  station  on  leaving  the  preceding  sta- 
tion and  on  arrival  there. 

STREET  CAR  ROUTES.  Lines  run  north  and  south 
from  the  Postoffice  and  City  Hall  to  the  Harlem  River  on 
every  avenue  except  5th  and  Madison  (below  42d  street).  The 
Broadway,  Columbus  avenue,  and  Lexington  avenue  cable 
cars  start  from  the  Battery,  and  use  the  same  tracks  as  far 
as  23d  street,  where  the  Lexington  avenue  cars  turn  eastward 


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to  that  thoroughfare.  An  electric  road  from  the  Postofhce 
to  the  Harlem  River  is  in  partial  operation.  It  iraver-i- 
Centre  st.,  Astor  pi.,  4th  ave.,  and  Park  ave.  to  the  Grand 
Central  Depot,  and  thence  northward  on  Madison  ave. 
Transfers  on  all  roads  are  given  without  extra  charge  at 
advantageous  points.  The  principal  lines  and  routes  are  as 
follows: 

NEW  YORK  STREET  RAILROADS. 

\\  B.  C«  I.I  ML  Starting  from  34th  st.  and  1st  ave.  on  1st 
ave.  to  23d  st..  to  Ave.  A,  to  17th  st.,  to  Ave.  C,  to  3d  st.  to 
1st  ave.,  to  Houston  st.,  along  Houston  st.  to  West  st.,  along 
West  *t.  to  Chambers  st.  Ferry.  Returning  from  Chambers 
st.  Ferry  on  West  st..  to  Charlton  st.,  to  Prince  st.,  across 
Bowery  to  Stanton  st.,  to  Pitt  st.,  to  Ave.  C,  to  18th  St.,  to 
Ave.  A,  to  23d  st.,  to  1st  ave.,  to  34th  st. 

Tenth  st.  Perry  And  Pltl  ami  iti.i««-  st.  Branch. 
Starting  from  10th  st.  Ferry  on  10th  st.  to  Ave.  D,  to  nth  st., 
to  Ave  C,  to  Pitt  st.,  to  C.ouverneur  st.,  to  Madison  St.,  to 
Montgomery  st.  Returning  from  Madison  and  Montgomery 
sts.  on  Montgomery  st.,  to  Ridge  st.,  to  Houston  st.,  to  Ave. 
C,  to  10th  st.,  to  10th  st.  Ferry. 

BLEBCKEB  ST.  AM)  BROOKLYN  BRIDGE. 
Starting  at  23d  st.  Ferry,  N.  R.,  on  23d  st.  to  9th  ave.,  to  14th 
st.,  to  Hudson  st.,  to  Bleecker  st.,  to  Wooster  st.,  to  Canal 
St.,  across  Broadway  to  Elm  st.,  to  Reade  st.,  to  Centre  st., 
to  Park  Row  (Brooklyn  Bridge).  Returning  from  Brooklyn 
Bridge  to  Centre  st.,  to  Leonard  St..  to  Elm  st.,  to  Canal  st., 
on  Canal  st.  to  Greene  st..  to  Bleecker  st.,  to  Macdougal  st., 
to  W.  4th  st.,  to  W.  12th  st.,  to  Hudson  St.,  to  9th  ave.,  to  23d 
st.,  to  23d  st.  Ferry,  N.  R.  _ 

Brooklyn  Bridge  and  Pnlton  Perry.— Starting 
from  Brooklyn  Bridge  on  Park  Row  to  Beekman  st.,  to  South 
st  to  Fulton  Ferry.  Returning  from  Fulton  Ferry,  on  Ful- 
ton st.  to  William'st.,  to  Ann  st.,  to  Park  Row,  to  Brooklyn 
Bridge. 

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BOSTON  AVENUE  LINE  (Electric).  From  129th  st. 
and  2d  ave.  Crosses  Harlem  River,  and  runs  via  3d  ave. 
through  Mott  Haven  and  Melrose  to  Boston  ave.,  Morri- 
sania.  thence  through  Boston  ave.  to  West  Farms.  Returns 
by  same  route.    Through  running  time,  25  minutes. 

BOULEVARD  LINE.  Leaves  foot  E.  34th  st.  Runs 
through  1st  ave.  to  42d  st.,  7th  ave.,  Broadway,  Boulevard. 
Manhattan  st.  to  Fort  Lee  Ferry  (W.  130th  st.).  Returns  by 
same  route. 

BROADWAY  (ABLE  LI\E.  Leaves  South  Ferry. 
Runs  through  W  hitehall  st.  and  Broadway  to  45th  St.,  7th 
ave.  to  59th  st.  (Central  Park).  Returns  by  same  route  to 
Broadway,  to  Bowling  Green,  to  State  st.,  to  Whitehall  St., 
to  South  Ferry. 

Get  off  at  19th  st.  for  the  Big  Store  of  Siegel-Cooper  Co., 
which  is  two  blocks  westward  and  in  plain  view. 

CENTRAL  CROSSTOWN.  Leaves  E.  23d  st.  Ferry. 
Runs  through  Ave.  A,  iSth,  Broadway,  14th,  ~th  ave.,  W. 
nth,  West  st.  to  Christopher  st.  Ferry.  Returns  by  same 
route  to  17th  st.,  to  Ave.  A,  to  E.  23d  st.  Ferry. 

CENTRAL  PARK  AND  EAST  RIVER  BELT 
LI\E.  Leaves  foot  of  Whitehall  st.  Runs  through  South, 
Broad,  Water.  Old  Slip,  South,  Montgomery,  Corlears, 
Grand,  Goerck,  Houston,  Ave.  D,  14th  St.,  Ave.  A,  23d  St., 
1st  ave.,  59th  st.,  10th  ave.  to  54th  st.  Returns  by  same  route 
to  Ave.  D,  8th,  Lewis,  Houston,  Mangin,  Grand.  Corlears, 
Monroe,  Jackson,  Front,  Whitehall,  to  South  Ferry,  passing 
all  East  River  ferries.  Connects  with  Central  Park  and 
North  River  Belt  Line. 

CENTRAL  PARK  AND  NORTH  RIVER  BELT 
LINE.  Leaves  South  Ferry.  Runs  through  Whitehall, 
Battery  pi.,  West  St.,  10th  ave.  to  53d  st.  Returns  by  same 
route  to  Battery  pi.,  State  st.,  South  Ferry,  passing  all  North 
River  ferries.  Connects  with  Central  Park  and  East  River 
Belt  Line. 


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CHAMBERS    AND   GRAND   §T.   FERRY.  I 

Grand  st.  Ferry,  E.  K.  Runs  through  East,  Cherry,  Jack- 
son, Madison,  New  Chambers,  Chambers  to  1'avonia  Ferry. 
Returns  through  Duane  st.  to  New  Chambers,  Madison  to 
starting  point. 

KiMiscvclt  St.  llranch.  From  foot  of  Roosevelt, 
through  South,  James  Slip,  New  Chambers,  Chambers  to 
Pavonia  Ferry.  Returns  through  Duane,  New  Chambers  to 
starting  point. 

CHRISTOPHER    AM)  TRUTH    sr.  I 
topher    st.    Ferry.     Runs    through    Christopher,  Greenwich 
ave.,  E.  8th  St.,  Ave.  A,  E.  ioth  to  E.  ioth  st.  Ferry.  Re- 
turns by  E.  ioth,  Ave.  A,  E.  9th,  Stuyvesant  pi.,  8th  St., 
6th  ave.,  Greenwich  ave.,  W.  ioth  to  Christopher  st.  Ferry. 

(1TV  HALL  AND  AVE.  B.  Leaves  Ann  st.  and  Broad- 
way. Runs  through  Park  Row,  E.  Broadway,  Clinton,  Ave. 
B,  14th,  1st  ave.,  34th  st.  to  ferry.  Returns  by  same  route 
to  2d,  Ave.  A,  Essex,  E.  Broadway,  Park  Row  to  Broadway 
and  Ann  st. 

CITY  HALL  AND  AVE.  D.  Leaves  Ann  st.  and  Broad- 
way. Runs  through  Park  Row,  E.  Broadway,  Grand,  Colum- 
bia, Ave.  D,  14th,  Ave.  A  to  E.  23d  st.  Ferry.  Returns  same 
route  to  14th,  Ave.  B,  ioth,  Ave.  D,  8th,  Lewis,  Grand  to 
starting  point. 

CROSSTOWN  LINE  To  FOURTEENTH  ST. 
FERRY,  H.  Starting  at  Grand  st.  Ferry  on  Grand  st., 
to  East  st.,  to  Delancey  St.,  across  Bowery  to  Spring  St.,  to 
W.  liroadway,  to  W.  4th  St.,  to  Macdougal  st.,  to  Waverly 
pi.,  to  Bank  st.,  to  Greenwich  ave.,  to  W.  13th  St.,  to  13th 
ave.,  to  14th  st.  Ferry,  N.  R.    Returning  by  same  route. 

(  HOSSTOWN  TO  DESBROSSES  ST.  FERRY. 
Starting  at  Grand  st.  Ferry  on  Grand  St.,  to  East  St.,  to 
Delancey  St.,  across  Bowery  to  Spring  st.,  to  \V.  Broadway, 
to  Broome  st.,  to  Sullivan  st.,  to  Watts  St.,  to  West  St., 
to  Desbrosses  st.  Ferry.    Returning  by  same  route. 


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COLUMBUS  AVE.  CABLE.  Starting  at  109th  st.  and 
Columbus  ave.,  along  Columbus  ave.  and  across  the  Boule- 
vard to  9th  ave.,  to  53d  st.,  to  7th  ave.  and  following  the 
route  of  the  Broadway  Cable  to  South  Ferry.  Returning  by 
the  same  route. 

DESBBOSSES  AXD  GRAND  ST.  Leaves  Grand  st. 
Ferry.  Runs  through  Grand,  Sullivan,  Vestry,  Greenwich, 
Desbrosses  to  Desbrosses  st.  Ferry.  Returns  by  Desbrosses, 
Washington,  Vestry,  thence  by  same  route  to  starting  point. 

EIGHTH  AVE.  Leaves  Broadway  and  Vesey  st.  Runs 
through  Vesey,  Church,  Chambers,  W.  Broadway,  Canal, 
Hudson,  8th  ave.,  to  Macomb's  lane  to  Harlem  River.  Re- 
turns by  same  route  to  W.  Broadway,  Vesey  st.  to  Broad- 
way. 

EIGHTY  SIXTH  ST.  CBOSSTOWX.  Leaves  foot  92d 
st.  Runs  through  Ave.  A  to  E.  86th  st.,  to  transverse  road 
through  Central  Park,  to  86th  st.  and  8th  ave.  Returns 
by  same  route. 

EIGHTY  SIXTH  ST.  TO  SIXTH  AVE.  AXD 
EIGHTH  ST.  Starting  at  86th  st.  and  Madison  ave.  to  43d 
St.,  to  4th  ave.,  to  23d  st.,  to  6th  ave.  and  8th  st.  Returning 
from  8th  st.  and  6th  ave.  to  23d  St.,  to  4th  ave.,  to  42d  St., 
to  Vanderbilt  ave.,  to  44th  st.,  to  Madison  ave.  and  86th  st. 

FIFTY -XIXTH  ST.  CHOSSTOWX.  Leaves  1st  ave. 
and  59th  st.  Runs  through  59th  st.  to  10th  ave.  Returns  by 
same  route. 

FIB  ST  AXD  SECOXD  AVE.  Leaves  Fulton  Ferry. 
Runs  through  Fulton,  Water,  Peck  Slip,  ?earl,  New  Bowery 
(or  Peck  Slip  to  South,  to  Oliver),  Park  Row,  Bowery,  Grand, 
Forsyth,  Houston,  2d  ave.  to  E.  129th  st.  Returns  by  2d 
ave..  E.  23d  st.,  1st  ave.,  Houston,  Allen  to  Grand,  and 
thence  by  same  route  to  starting  point;  also  by  2d  ave.  to 
Chrystie,  Grand,  Bowery,  Park  Row,  New  Bowery,  Pearl 
(or  Park  Row  to  Pearl),  Peck  Slip,  South  to  Fulton  Ferry. 

Astoria  Ferry  Branch.  Leaves  Astoria  Ferry.  Runs 
through  92d  st.  to  Ave.  A,  to  86th  st.,  to  Madison  ave.,  to 


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85th  St.,  to  transverse  road  in  Central  Park  to  3th  ave.  Re- 
turns by  same  route. 

Wortli  St.  Hriuicli.  Runs  from  Broadway  and  Worth 
st.  to  Bowery,  connecting  with  1st  and  2d  ave.  Lines.  Re- 
turns by  same  route. 

\Ntor  PI.  Ilrnii<-li.  Runs  from  Broadway  and  Astor  pi., 
Stuyvesant,  2d  ave.,  59th,  1st  ave.,  to  129th  st.  Returns  by 
same  route. 

PORDHAM  (Electric).    Starti  from  129th 
ave.    Crosses  Harlem  River,  through  3d  ave.,  Mott  Haven, 
Melrose,   Morrisania,  Tremont,   Fordham  to  Bedford  Park. 
Returns  by  same  route. 

FORTY-SECOND  HD  GRAND  ST,  aid  st 

Ferry.  Runs  through  Grand,  C.oerck,  Houston,  2d  St.,  Ave. 
A,  14th  St.,  4th  ave.,  23d  St.,  Broadway,  6th  ave.,  34th  st., 
10th  ave.,  42d  st.  to  Weehawken  Ferry.  Returns  by  same 
route.  • 

FORTY-SECOND  ST.  LINE.  Lei 
through  34th  st.  to  1st  ave.,  to  4*d  st.,  to  foot  \V.  42d  st. 
Transfers  at  2d  ave.,  with  2d  ave.  Line,  and  at  7th  ave.  with 
Boulevard  and  10th  ave.  Lines. 

FOl  RTEENTH  ST.  1ND  I  MO\  SO,.  LINE.  Leaves 
Christopher  st.  Ferry.  Runs  through  Christopher  st.  to 
Greenwich  st.,  to  9th  ave.,  to  14th  st.,  to  4th  ave.  Returns  by 
14th  st.  to  9th  ave.,  to  Gansevoort,  to  Washington,  to  Chris- 
topher, to  Ferry. 

FOl'RTEEMH  ST.  LINE.  Leaves  14th  st.  and  4th 
ave.  Runs  through  14th  st.  to  North  River.  Returns  by 
same  route. 

FOIRTH  AND  MADISON  AVES.  Leaves  Broadway, 
opposite  Astor  House.  Runs  through  Park  row.  Centre, 
Grand,  Bowery,  4th  ave.  to  Grand  Central  Depot,  thence  by 
Vanderbilt  ave.  to  44th  st.,  to  Madison  ave..  to  138th  st. 
Returns  same  route  to  Broome,  Centre  to  starting  point. 

FULTON,  C ORTL AN DT,  AND  BARCLAY  ST.  FER- 
RIES.   Leaves  Fulton  Ferry,  runs  through  Fulton  st.  from 


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South  to  West  St.,  thence  every  other  car  runs  to  either 
Barclay  or  Cortlandt  st.  Ferry. 

GRAND  AND  CORTLANDT  ST.  Leaves  Grand  st. 
Ferry.  Runs  through  Grand,  E.  Broadway,  Canal,  Walker, 
W.  Broadway,  North  Moore,  Washington  to  Cortlandt  st. 
Ferry.  Returns  by  Cortlandt,  Greenwich,  Beach,  W.  Broad- 
way, Lispenard,  Broadway,  Canal  st.,  same  route  to  starting 
point. 

INVERMERE      AND      MOUNT      VERNON  LINE. 

Leaves  4th  ave.  and  1st  st.  Runs  through  1st  st.  to  5th  ave., 
to  Invermere.  Returns  by  same  route.  Through  time, 
twenty  minutes. 

LENOX  AVE.  (Electric).  Starting  at  146th  st.  and 
Lenox  ave.,  along  Lenox  ave.  to  116th  st.,  to  Manhattan  ave., 
to  109th  st.,  to  Columbus  ave.  Returning  by  the  same  route. 
Also  leaves  Lenox  ave.  and  146th  st.  Runs  through  Lenox 
ave.  to  116th  st.,  to  Lexington  ave.,  to  105th  st.  Returns  by 
same  route. 

LEXINGTON  AVE.  (Cable  and  Electric).  From 
130th  st.  and  Lexington  ave.,  along  Lexington  ave.  to  23d 
st.,  to  Broadway,  and  the  route  of  Broadway  Cable  Line  to 
South  Ferry.     Returns  by  same  route. 

MOUNT  VERNON  LINE.  Leaves  West  Farms,  Bronx 
River  Bridge.  Runs  through  White  Plains  rd.  to  Morris 
Park  ave.  (Morris  Park  Race  Track),  to  Bronxdale,  to 
Williamsbridge,  to  Wakefield,  to  South  Mount  Vernon,  to 
Mount  Vernon.  Returns  by  same  route.  Through  time, 
40  minutes. 

MOUNT  VERNON  STATIONS  LINE.  Leave?  Mount 
Vernon  station  N.  Y.,  N.  H.  ft  H.  R.  R.  Runs  through  1st 
st.  to  Mount  Vernon  ave.,  to  Mount  Vernon  station  of  Har- 
lem Division  N.  V.  C.  ft  H.  R.  R.  Returns  by  same  route. 
Through  time,  10  minutes. 

NINTH  AVE.  Leaves  Washington  and  Fulton  st.  Runs 
through  Fulton,  Greenwich,  9th  ave.,  Columbus  ave..  Boule- 


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vard,  Amsterdam  ave.  to  125th  st.  Returns  over  same  route 
to  Gansevoort,  Washington,  to  Fulton  st. 

HOTH  ST.  LINK.  Leaves  Fort  Lee  Ferry  (foot  W  . 
130th  st.)  and  runs  through  Manhattan  st.,  St.  Nicholas  ave., 
1 10th  st.  to  Ave.  A.    Returns  by  same  route. 

125TH  ST.  LINE  (Cable).  Starts  from  foot  125th  St., 
E.  R.  Runs  through  125th  and  Manhattan,  130th  st.  to  North 
River.    Returns  by  same  route. 

L8BTH  ST.  LIMB  (Bleetirie).  From  8th  ave.  and  135th 
st  to  Madison  ave..  to  and  across  Madison  ave.  Bridge, 
thence  through  138th  St.  to  Port  Morris.  Returns  by  same 
route.    Through  time,  20  minutes. 

PELH  \  >!    PAR  K    LINES.     !  '  n 

Harlem  River  Branch  of  New  Haven  Railroad),  and  runs 
east  through  Pelham  Day  Park  to  City  Island.  Returns  by 
same  route. 

PELHAM   IND  MOUNT  VERNON  LINE. 

ave.  and  1st  st.  Runs  through  4th  ave.  to  3d  st.,  to  East 
Mt.  Vernon,  to  Pelhamville.  Returns  by  same  route. 
Through  time,  20  minutes. 

SEVENTH  AVE.  Leaves  50th  st.  and  7th  ave.  Runs 
to  Greenwich  ave.,  Clinton  pi.,  Macdougal  st.,  W.  4th  St., 
Thompson  St.,  Canal  St.,  Broadway.  Returns  through  Canal 
st.  to  Sullivan  St.,  W.  3d  st.,  Macdougal  st.,  Clinton  pi., 
Greenwich  ave..  -th  ave.  to  50th  st. 

SIXTH  WE.  Leaves  corner  Broadway  and  \  esey  st. 
Runs  through  Vesey,  Church.  Chambers.  W.  Broadway 
Canal.  Varick.  Carmine,  6th  ave.  to  59th  st.  and  Central 
Park  Returns  by  same  route  to  W.  Broadway  and  \  esey 
st.  to  Broadway.  This  line  and  the  next  pass  the  Big  Store 
of  Siegel,  Cooper  &  Co. 

Amsterdam  Ave.  Leaves  6th  ave.  and  8th  st.,  through 
6th  ave.  to  59th  st.,  Columbus  ave..  Boulevard,  Amsterdam 

ave.  to  96th  st.  xv. 
Desbrosses  St.  Ferry.    Leaves  59th  st.  and  6th  ave. 


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through  6th  ave.  to  Carmine  St.,  Varick,  Watts,  west  to 
Desbrosses  st.  Ferry.    Returns  by  same  route. 

SOUTHERN  BOULEVARD  LINE.  Leaves  129th  st. 
and  3d  ave.  Crosses  Harlem  River  and  runs  through  South- 
ern Boulevard  to  Boston  ave.,  to  West  Farms.  Returns  by 
same  route. 

TE\TH  AVE.  (Cable).  Leaves  foot  E.  125th  st.  Runs 
through  125th  st.,  Manhattan  st.,  and  Amsterdam  ave.,  to 
194th  st.    Returns  by  same  route. 

TEXTH  AVE.  Leaves  E.  34th  st.  Ferry,  through  34th 
st.  to  1st  ave.,  42d  st.,  10th  ave.,  Amsterdam  ave.,  Manhattan 
st.  to  Fort  Lee  Ferry  (W.  130th  St.).    Returns  by  same  route. 

THIRD  AVE.  (Cable).  Runs  from  opposite  the  Astor 
House  through  Park  row,  Bowery,  jd  ave.,  to  129th  st.,  and 
returns  by  same  route. 

THIRD  AVE.  WD  HilST  ST.  LINE.  Leaves  161st 
st.  and  3d  ave.  Runs  through  161st  st.  to  Melrose  ave.  Re- 
turns by  same  route. 

THIRTY-FOURTH  ST.  CROSSTOWX.  Starting  at 
34th  st.  Ferry,  E.  R.,  on  34th  st.  to  icth  ave.,  to  42d  st.,  to 
42d  st.  Ferry,  X.  R.    Returns  by  same  route. 

TWENTY-EIGHTH  AND  TWENTY-NINTH  STS. 
Leaves  West  23d  st.  Ferry.  Runs  through  13th  ave.  to  24th 
st.  to  nth  ave.,  to  28th  st.,  to  1st  ave.,  to  E.  34th  st.  Ferry. 
Returns  by  1st  ave.  to  29th  st.,  to  nth  ave.,  to  24th  st.,  to 
13th  ave..  to  W.  23d  st.  Ferry. 

TWENTY-THIRD  ST.  AND  ERIE  FERRY.  Runs 
from  W.  23d  St.,  N.  R..  to  E.  33d  st..  E.  R. 

Thirty-fourth  St.  Branch.  Runs  through  23d  st.  to  2d  ave., 
28th  st.,  1st  ave.  to  34th  st.  Ferry.  Returns  by  1st  ave.,  29th  St.,  2d 
ave..  23d  st.  to  Erie  Ferry. 

Fourteenth  St.  Branch.  Leaves  West  23d  st.  Ferry,  runs 
through  nth  ave.  to  W.  14th  st.  Ferry,  thence  to  Union  sq.  and  4th 
ave. 

UNIVERSITY  PLACE.  Leaves  Grand  st.  Ferry,  through 
Grand  to  East,  Delancey,  Spring,  Greene,  Clinton  pi.,  University 


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pi.  to  Union  sq.  Returns  to  University  pi  ,  Wooster.  Spring,  De- 
lancey,  East  to  Grand  st.  Ferry.  Transfers  at  Spring  st.  and 
Broadway  to  Broadway  Line. 

WESTCHESTER  AVE.  LINE  (Electric).  Start!  from 
150th  st.  and  ^d  avc.,  through  Westchester  ave..  thence  through  to 
Southern  Boulevard.    Returns  by  same  route. 

WESTCHESTER  LINK.  Leaves  West  Farms,  Bronx  River 
Bridge.  Runs  through  Van  Nest  to  Westchester,  to  Unionport. 
Returns  by  same  route.    Through  running  time,  18  minutes. 

WIIXIS  ATE.  AND  161ST  ST.  LINE  (Electric). 
f:om  129th  M.  and  3d  ave.    Crosses  Harlem  River,  and  runs  via 
Southern  Boulevard  to  Willis  ave.,  to  Melrose  ave.,  to  161st  st.,  to 
Macomb's  Dam  Bridge,  to  High  Bridge.    Returns  by  same  route. 
Through  time,  35  minutes. 

BROOKLYN  STREET  RAILROADS. 

BENSON  HURST,  BATH  BEACH,  BAE  RIDGE,  FORT 
HAMILTON,  AND  l  MOW  UXE.    1        I  I    rry  and 

Brooklyn  Bridge  up  Fulton  st.  to  Flatbush  ave.,  to  3d  ave..  to  Bay 
Ridge  ave  ,  to  1  >,th  avc.,  to  86th  St.,  to  25th  ave.,  to  Bensonhurst, 
to  Unionville.  Also  from  39th  st.  Ferry,  through  2d  ave.,  to  65th 
st.,  to  3d  ave. 

BERGEN  ST.  From  South  Ferry,  via  Atlantic  ave.,  Boerum 
pi  ,  Bergen  st.  and  Buffalo  ave.  to  Douglas  st. 

Liberty  Ave.  Line.  The  same  as  "Bergen  st.  Line"  to 
Douglas  st.;  then  Douglas  st.,  East  New  York  ave.,  and  Liberty 
ave.  to  Woodhavcn. 

Broadway  Ferry  Line.  The  same  as  "  Bergen  st.  Line  "  to 
Nostrand  ave.;  then  Nostrand  ave.,  Fulton  st.,  Marcy  ave., 
Broadway  S.  8th  st.,  Kent  ave.,  to  Broadway  Ferry. 

BOWERY  HAY,  OR  NORTH  BEACH.  From  Fulton 
Ferry  and  Brooklyn  Bridge;  up  Fulton  st.  to  Myrtle  ave.,  to 
Washington  ave.,  to  Flushing  ave.,  to  Maspeth  and  to  Bowery 
Bay.  Also  from  Ridgewood,  through  and  over  M  Lutheran  Ceme- 
terv  Line,"  to  Fresh  Pond  rd.,  to  Grand  st.,  to  Bowery  Bay. 

BROADWAY  FERRY  AND  METROPOLITAN  AVE. 
From  foot  of  Broadway,  through  Kent  ave.,  N  2d  st.,  and  Metro- 
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politan  ave.  to  Lutheran  Cemetery.  Middle  Village,  and  St.  John's 
Cemetery. 

BCSHWICK.  From  Grand,  Houston,  and  Roosevelt  st. 
Ferries,  through  Kent  ave.  to  Broadway,  to  Bedford  ave.,  to  S. 
4th  st.,  to  Meserole  St.,  to  Bushwick  ave.,  to  Myrtle  ave.,  to  city 
line 

BUTLER  AND  DOUGLAS  ST.  From  Fulton  Ferry  via 
Water,  Washington,  Concord,  Adams,  Boerum  pi.,  Atlantic, 
Washington,  Butler,  Rogers,  Douglas,  and  Rockaway  ave.,  to 
Canarsie. 

BUTLER  ST.  AND  WASHINGTON  AVE.  Same  as 
"Butler  and  Douglas  st.  Line,"  to  the  corner  of  Rogers  and  But- 
ler; thence  Rogers  ave.,  Ave.  F,  Ocean  ave.,  to  Sheepshead  Bay 
and  Manhattan  Beach. 

CANARSIE  LINE.  From  Broadway  Ferries  to  Kent  ave., 
S.  3th  st.,  Broadway,  Marcy  ave.,  S.  5th  st..  Union  ave.,  Johnson 
ave.,  Morgan  ave.,  Hamburg  ave  ,  Cooper  st.,  Rockaway  ave.,  to 
Canarsie. 

CORONA  LINE.  From  Fulton  Ferry  and  Brooklyn  Bridge, 
via  Fulton  St.,  Myrtle  ave.,  Washington  ave.,  Flushing  ave.,  Mas- 
peth,  to  Corona,  connecting  with  "Grand  st.  Line  '  for  New  York 
ferries. 

COURT  STREET.  From  Fulton  Ferry,  through  Fulton  to 
Court,  to  Hamilton  ave.,  to  3d  ave.,  to  65th  st.  Transfer  at  25th 
st  for  Greenwood  Cemetery. 

CROSSTOWN.  From  Erie  Basin,  through  Richards  st.  to 
Woodhull,  to  Columbia,  to  Atlantic  ave.  (South  Ferry),  to  Court 
st.,  to  Joralemon,  to  Willoughby,  to  Raymond  st.,  to  Park  ave.,  to 
Washington  ave.,  to  Kent  ave.,  to  Broadway  (passing  Grand  and 
Roosevelt  Ferries),  to  Driggs  ave.,  to  Manhattan  ave.,  to  New- 
town Creek.  Annex  Line  from  Manhattan  ave.  and  Box  st.  to 
34th  st.  Ferry  and  Long  Island  Railroad  Depot,  Long  Island  City, 
via  Manhattan,  Vernon,  and  Borden  aves 

CROSSTOWN.  From  39th  st.  Ferry,  via  39th  St.,  13th  ave., 
37th  St.,  Church  ave.,  and  East  Broadway,  to  Rockaway  ave. 

CYPRESS  HILLS.    From  Ridgewood  Depot  to  Myrtle  ave., 

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to  Cypress  ave.,  to  Cypress  Hill  Cemetery,  passing  Evergreen 
and  Jewish  Cemeteries. 

CYPRESS  HILLS  EXTENSION.  I 
bama  aves.,  through  Fulton  ave.  to  Crescent  St.,  to  main  entrance 
Cypress  Hills  Cemetery. 

1>E  K  A  Lll  AVE.  From  Fulton  Ferry,  through  Water  tf. 
to  Washington  St.,  to  Fulton  st.  to  De  Kalb  ave..  t.  Wyckoff 
ave. 

EAST  NEW  YORK.  From  Broadway  Ferries,  through 
Broadway  to  East  New  York  ;  return  same  route. 

EIGHTY-SIXTH  ST.  Same  as  "  Fifth  ave.  Line  "  to  3<yth  st.; 
then  5th  ave.,  S6th  st.,  14th  ave.,  Bath  ave.,  to  Bath  Btach.West 
End  Route  to  Bensonhurst,  Unionville,  Ulmer  Park,  and  Coney 
Island. 

FIFTEENTH  ST.    From  Hamilton  Ferry,  through  Hamilton 

ave.,  15th  st.,  9th  ave.,  20th  st.,  to  Greenwood  Cemetery. 

FIFTH  LYE.  LND  CONE1  ISLAND.  From  1 
Ferry,  via  Water,  Washington,  Concord,  and  Adams  sis.,  Boerum 
pi.,  Atlantic  ave.,  5th  ave.,  39th  st.  (connecting  with  39th  st. 
Ferry) ;  West  End  Route  to  West  Brooklyn,  Blythebournc,  Lef- 
fert's  Park,  Van  Pelt  Manor,  Bath  Beach,  Bensonhurst.  Union- 
ville, Ulmer  Park,  to  Coney  Island.  Also  from  South  Ferry,  via 
Atlantic  ave.,  and  5th  ave.  to  39th  st. 

FLAT  HI'S  II  AVE.  From  Fulton  Ferry  to  Brooklyn  Bridge, 
through  Fulton  to  Flatbush  ave.,  to  Prospect  Park,  Flatbush, 
Flatlands,  and  Bergen  Beach. 

FLATBUSH  AND  NIMH  AYES.  From  Fulton  Ferry, 
via  Water,  Washington,  Concord,  and  Adams  sts.,  Boerum  plM 
Atlantic,  5th,  and  Flatbush  aves.,  Prospect  Park  West,  and  9th 
ave.,  to  Greenwood  Cemetery. 

FLUSHING  AVE.  From  Bridge,  up  Fulton  St.,  to  Myrtle 
ave.,  to  Washington  ave.,  to  Flushing  ave.,  to  Maspeth,  to  New- 
town, to  Corona,  to  Flushing,  L.  L 

FORT  HAMILTON.  Same  route  as  "Fifth  ave.  Line.''  to 
39th  st.  (connecting  with  39th  st.  Ferry);  then  5th  ave.  to  Bay 
Ridge  and  Fort  Hamilton. 

FliAXKLIN    AVE.     From  foot  of  Grand   St.,  through 


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Grand  St.,  to  Kent  ave.,  to  South  Sth  St..  to  Wythe  ave.,  to  Frank- 
lin ave..  to  Prospect  Park. 

FULTON  ST.  From  Fulton  Ferry  and  Brooklyn  Bridge, 
through  Fulton  st.  to  East  New  York.  Connecting  for  Wood, 
lawn,  Richmond  Hill,  and  Jamaica  Night  cars  leave  Fulton 
Ferry  every  15  minutes 

FUEMAN  ST.  From  Fulton  Ferry,  through  Furman  st.  to 
Atlantic  ave.    (South  Ferry.) 

GATES  AVE.  From  Fulton  Ferry,  through  Fulton  st.  to 
Greene  ave  ,  to  Franklin  ave  .  to  Gates  ave.,  to  Ridgewood. 

GRAHAM  AVE.  From  Fulton  Ferry,  through  Fulton  to 
Sands  St.,  to  Navy  St.,  to  Flushing  ave.  to  Broadway  and 
Graham  ave.,  to  Driggs  ave.,  to  Manhattan  ave.,  to  Greenpoint 
ave..  to  10th  and  23d  st.  Ferries.  Greenpoint 

GRAND  ST.  AND  NEWTOWN.  From  foot  of  Broadway, 
through  Kent  ave.  to  Grand  St.,  to  Newtown.  Corona,  and 
Bowery  Bay.    (North  Beach.) 

GREENPOINT.  From  City  Hall,  through  Myrtle  ave.  to 
Classon  ave.,  to  Kent  ave.,  to  Franklin  st.,  to  Commercial  St., 
to  Newtown  Creek.    This  line  passes  all  Eastern  District  Ferries. 

HAMILTON  AVE.  From  Hamilton  ave.  Ferry,  through 
Hamilton  ave.  to  3d  ave.,  to  65th  st. 

HAMILTON  AVE.  AND  PROSPECT  PARK.  From 
Hamilton  Ferry,  through  Hamilton  ave..  through  Qth  st.  to- 
Prospect  Park  West,  to  15th  St.,  to  Coney  Island  ave.,  Park 
Circle. 

HICKS  ST.  From  Brooklyn  Bridge,  via  Washington  St., 
Concord,  Adams,  Fulton  (.City  Hall),  Boerum  pi.,  Atlantic  ave., 
Hicks  st.  to  15th  st. 

HOLY  CROSS  AND  NOSTRAND  AVE.  EXTENSION. 
From  Flatbush  ave.  and  Malbone  St.,  through  Malbone  st.  to 
Nostrand  ave.,  to  Vernon  ave.,  to  Holy  Cross  Cemetery,  or  to  the 
end  of  Nostrand  ave.  at  Flatbush  ave.,  for  Flatlands  and  Bergen 
Beach. 

HOYT  AND  SACKETT  STS.  From  Hamilton  Ferry,  through 
Sackett,  Hicks,  Bergen,  Boerum  pi.,  Adams,  Cooper,  Washington, 
and  Front  sts.,  to  Fulton  Ferry. 


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JAM  AICA  I  LIXIKIC.  From  Broadway  Ferries  to 
Jamaica,  at  intervals  of  15  minutes;  on  Sundays,  every  5 
minutes. 

LIBERTY  AVE.  By  the  same  route  as  "  Canarsie  Line."  to 
Liberty  and  Rockaway  aves.,  and  Liberty  ave.  to  Woodhavcn. 

LORIMER  ST.  Prom  Nostrand  and  Atlantic  aves.,  through 
Nostrand  ave.  to  Gwinnett  st..  to  Lorimer  st.,  through  Nassau, 
Manhattan  and  Greenpoint  aves.,  to  10th  and  23d  st.  Ferries;  re- 
turning via  Greenpoint  ave.,  Franklin  St..  and  Meserole  ave.  to 
Manhattan  ave. 

LUTHERAN  CKMETKKY.  From  Ridge  wood  E  epot, 
through  private  property  to  Metropolitan  ave.,  at  Lutheran  Ceme- 
tery, Middle  Village. 

MAN  H  ATT  A  N  BEACH*  By  the  same  route  as  "  Marcy  and 
Rogers  aves.  Line  "  to  East  Broadway  and  Rogers  ave.,  Ave.  F, 
and  Oc  ean  ave.,  to  Shecpshead  Bay  and  Manhattan  Beach. 

MARCY  AND  ROGERS  AVI  S  LINK.  From  Broadway 
Ferry,  through  Kent  ave.  to  South  8th  st.,  Broadway,  Marcy  ave  , 
Fulton  st.,  Nostrand  ave.,  Bergen  st.,  Rogers  ave.,  Church  ave., 
37th  st.,  .  )th  ave.,  39th  st.,  to  39th  st.  Ferry. 

MEEKER  AVE.  From  Meeker  ave.  Bridge,  to  Humboldt 
St.,  to  Grand  St.,  to  Kent  ave.,  to  Grand  and  Broadway  Ferries. 

MONTACiLE  ST.  CABLE  LINE.  Runs  from  City  Hall  to 
Wall  st.  Ferry,  through  Montague  st.  Does  not  run  Sundays. 
Transfers  with  all  Brooklyn  Heights  Railroad  lines. 

MYRTLE  AVE.  From  Fulton  Ferry,  through  Fulton  st.  to 
Myrtle  ave.,  to  Ridgewood. 

IS'OSTHAM)  AVE.  From  foot  of  Broadway  to  Driggs  ave., 
to  Division  ave.,  to  Lee  ave.,  to  Nostrand  ave.,  to  Malbone  St..  to 
Willink  entrance  Prospect  Park.  Also  through  cars  to  Flatbush 
ave  ,  Flatlands,  and  Bergen  Beach. 

PARK  AND  CLNTKAL  AVES.  From  Fulton  Ferry,  via 
Water  and  Washington  sts..  Concord,  Navy,  Park  ave.,  Park  pL, 
Beaver  St.,  Jefferson  St.,  Central  ave.,  to  Evergreens  Cemetery. 

PARK  AND  VAN  DEB I5ILT  AVES.  By  the  same  route 
as  the  "  Park  and  Central  aves.  Line  "  to  cornei  of  Park  and  Van- 


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derbilc  aves.,  then  Vanderbilt  ave.,  Prospect  Park  West,  and 
gthave  to  Greenwood. 

PROSPECT  PARK  AND  GREENWOOD  CEMETERY. 
From  Flatbush  ave.  (Willink  entrance  Prospect  Park),  through 
Ocean  ave.  to  Ocean  Parkway,  to  Coney  Island  ave.,  to  Sea 
Breeze  ave.,  to  West  5th  St.,  to  West  Brighton,  Coney  Island. 

PUTNAM  AVE.  From  Fulton  Ferry  and  Brooklyn  Bridge, 
through  Fulton  st.  to  Putnam  ave.,  to  Nostrand  ave.,  to  Halsey 
si*,  to  Broadway. 

RALPH  AVE.  From  Broadway  Ferries,  via  Broadway  to 
Ralph  ave..  to  Atlantic  ave. 

REID  AVE.  From  Broadway  Ferries,  Broadway  !o  Reid 
ave.,  to  Fulton  St.,  to  Utica  ave,  to  Atlantic  ave. 

RICHMOND  HILL.  From  Ridgewood,  through  Myrtle 
ave..  to  Richmond  Hill. 

SEVENTH  AVE.  From  Fulton  Ferry,  via  Water,  Washing- 
ton, Concord,  Adams,  Fulton  (City  Hall),  Boerum  Place,  Atlantic 
ave..  5th  ave.,  Flatbush  ave.,  7th  ave.,  20th  St.,  to  Greenwood,  also 
from  South  Ferry,  through  Atlantic  ave.,  then  as  above. 

SMITH  AND  JAY  STS.  From  Fulton  Ferry  and  Brooklyn 
Bridge,  through  High  st.  to  Jay,  to  Smith  and  9th  sts.,  to  Prospect 
Park  West,  to  15th  St.,  to  Coney  Island  ave. 

SUMNER  AYE.  From  Broadway  Ferries,  through  Broad- 
way  to  Sumner  ave.,  to  Fulton  st.,  to  Troy  ave.,  to  Bergen  st. 

THIRD  AYE.  From  Fulton  Ferry,  through  Fulton  St.,  to 
Flatbush  ave.,  to  3d  ave.,  to  Fort  Hamilton,  Bay  Ridge,  Benson- 
hurst,  and  Unionville. 

TOMPKINS  AYE.  From  Tompkins  ave.,  to  Harrison  ave., 
to  Division  ave.,  to  Roebling  St.,  to  Broadway  Ferries.  This  line 
runs  to  Prospect  Park  and  Bergen  Beach  also. 

UNION  AYE.  From  loot  Greenpoint  ave.,  through  Green- 
point  ave.  to  Manhattan  ave.,  to  Driggs  ave.,  to  Union  ave.,  to 
Broadway,  to  Throop  ave.,  to  Flushing  ave  ,  to  Ridgewood  by 
Knickerbocker  ave. 

VAN  BRUNT  ST.  AND  ERIE  BASIN.  From  Hamilton 
Ferry,  through  Hamilton  ave.  to  Van  Brunt  St.,  to  Erie  Basin  ; 
through  Elizabeth  St.,  to  Columbia  St.,  Erie  Basin,  Dry  Docks. 


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Testers  a,  Hamilton  Ferry  to  Allanlicave.  R.K  >,nes,andto 

For  this  trip  see  Chapter  \  II. 

BRIDGES  OF  GREATER  NEW  YORK 
BROOKLYN    BRIDGES.    The   bridge  connecting  New 

January  a.  ,870.  and  opened  to  traffic  May  «4.  .883. 

are:  .or  .cot  ^^^^S^ 
or  two  tickets  lor  5  cents;  one  ta«*» <^t£,  each  extra 

inches.  „    (    t.  totai  length  of  the 

Total  length  of  carriageway,  5,989  feet,  toia 
bridge,  with  extensions,  6,537  feet.  q{  Bfooklyn 


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feet;  weight  of  New  York  caisson,  about  7,000  tons;  weight  of 
concrete  filling,  about  8,oco  tons. 

New  York  tower  contains  46,945  cubic  yards  masonry; 
Brooklyn  tower  contains  38,214  cubic  yards  masonry;  depth 
of  tower  foundation  below  high  water,  Brooklyn,  45  feet; 
depth  of  tower  foundation  below  high  water,  New  York,  78 
feet;  size  of  towers  at  high-water  line,  140x50  feet;  size  of 
towers  at  roof  course,  136x53  feet;  total  height  of  towers 
above  high  water,  278  feet. 

Clear  height  of  bridge  in  center  of  river  span  above  high 
water  at  90  deg.  F.,  135  feet;  height  of  floor  at  towers  above 
high  water,  119  feet  3  inches. 

Grade  of  roadway,  3%  feet  in  100  feet;  height  of  towers 
above  roadway,  159  feet;  size  of  anchorage  at  base,  129x119 
feet;  size  of  anchorage  at  top,  117x104  feet;  height  of  an- 
chorages, 89  feet  front,  85  feet  rear;  weight  of  each  anchor 
plate,  23  tons. 

Number  of  cables,  4;  diameter  of  each  cable,  15%  inches; 
length  of  each  single  wire  in  cables,  3,578  feet  6  inches;  ulti- 
mate strength  of  each  cable,  12,000  tons;  weight  of  wire,  12 
feet  per  pound;  each  cable  contains  5,296  parallel  (not 
twisted)  galvanized  steel,  oil-coated  wires,  closely  wrapped  to 
a  solid  cylinder,  15%  inches  in  diameter;  permanent  weight 
suspended  from  cables,  1.1,680  tons. 

For  year  ending  December  1,  1896,  43,996,459  passengers 
were  carried  by  the  bridge  cars;  receipts  from  railroad,  $1,- 
112,957;  carriageway,  $88,800. 

Several  fine  bridges  cross  the  Harlem  river,  of  these  High 
Bridge  being  the  most  conspicuous  and  beautiful.  It  carries 
the  Croton  aqueduct  across  the  Harlem  valley  at  175th  st.,  is 
1,460  feet  long,  supported  by  13  arches  on  granite  piers,  the 
highest  arch  being  116  feet  above  the  water  level.  Washing* 
ton  Bridge  at  10th  ave.  and  West  181st  st.  is  2,400  feet  long 
and  80  feet  wide.  Its  central  arches  are  135  feet  above  water 
level. 


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WATER  BVPPLY.  The  main  water  supply  of  New  York 
comes  from  the  Croton  lake  and  a  group  of  lakes  some  40 
miles  north  of  the  city.  By  means  of  the  new  aqueduct  the 
demands  of  many  years  to  come  will  he  fully  met,  and  a 
daily  storage  capacity  of  300,000,000  gallons  provided  for  Man- 
hattan Island  alone. 

NEW   YORK  POSTOFFICE. 
POSTAL    IRRAWGEMBNTS    \M»    THE  POSTOF 
FI<  E. 

New  York's  General  Postoffice  is  situated  near  the  City 
Hall,  at  the  junction  of  I'.roadway  and  I'ark  Place.  Letters 
can  he  mailed  or  asked  for  at  any  hour  of  the  day  or  night  on 
week  days.  On  Sundays  the  office  is  open  from  9  to  1 1  A.M. 
The  hours  for  the  Money  Order  and  Registered  Letter  De- 
partments are  from  9  to  5  daily,  except  Sundays. 
OFFICES  \M>  OFFICE  HOURS.  Se< 
Postmaster:  Room  1,  south  end;  office  hours,  9  A.M.  to  3 
P.M. 

Assistant  Postmaster:  Room  2,  Broadway  side;  office  hours, 

9  A.M.  to  4  P.M. 

Superintendent  City  Delivery:  Room  5.   Park  Row  side; 
office  hours,  9  A.M.  to  4  P.M. 
'     Auditor:  Room  9,  Park  Row  side;  office  hours,  9  A.M.  to  4 
P.M. 

Cashier,  Rooms  21  and  23,  Park  Row  side;  office  hours, 

10  A.M.  to  3  P.M. 

Money  Orders:  Superintendent  of  Department,  Room  16, 
Broadway  side;  office  hours,  9  A.M.  to  5  PM-  Domestic 
Money  Orders,  Rooms  22  and  26,  Broadway  side;  office  hours, 
9  A.M.  to  5  P.M.  International,  Rooms  30  and  34,  Broadway- 
side;  office  hours,  10  A.M.  to  4  P.M. 

Inquiry  Office  for  Missing  Letters,  etc.:  Room  15,  Park 
Row  side;  office  hours,  9  A.M.  to  4  P.M. 

Superintendent  of  Railway  Mail  ( Service :  Room  179,  5th 
floor,  Park  Row  side;  office  hours,  9  A.M.  to  4  P-M. 

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MEZZANINE  FLOOR.  First  landing  at  the  head  of  main 
stairway,  south  end  of  building. 

Order  Department:  Room  u,  Park  Row  side;  office  hours, 
9  A.M.  to  P.M. 

Assistant  Custodian:  An  officer  of  the  Treasury  Department 
in  charge  of  the  building  and  watch;  Room  i,  Park  Row 
side;  office  hours,  9  A.M.  to  4  P.M. 

Registered  Letters  and  Parcels  Department:  Windows  for 
reception,  Rooms  4  and  6,  Broadway  side;  office  hours,  8 
A.M.  to  6.30  P.M.;  windows  for  delivery,  Rooms  4  and  6, 
Broadway  side;  office  hours,  9  A.M.  to  6  P.M. 

(All  offices  on  the  Second  and  Mezzanine  Floors  are  closed 
on  Sundays,  and  at  10  A.M.  on  holidays.    Xo  money  order  or 
registry  business  transacted  on  these  days.) 
ENTRANCE  FLOOR. 

Bureau  of  Information:  South  end  (retail  stamp  window).  1 

Bank  Window:  Sec.  13.  Park  Row  side. 

Poste  Restante:  A  to  I  Window,  Sec.  5,  Park  Row  side; 
I  to  Z  Window,  Sec.  5,  Park  Row  side;  Advertised  Letter 
Window,  Sec.  6,  Park  Row  side;  Foreign  Letter  Window, 
Sec.  7,  Park  Row  side;  Ladies'  Window,  Sec.  9,  Park  Row 
side. 

Foreign  Supplementary  Mail  Window:  Sec.  24,  Park  Row 
side. 

Superintendent  Foreign  Mail  Department:  Sec.  28,  Park 
Row  side. 

Superintendent  Carriers'  Department. — General  P.O.  Dis- 
trict, Sec.  17,  Park  Row  side. 

Postage  Stamps,  etc. :  Stamped  envelopes  and  newspaper 
wrappers  and  postal  cards.  Sales  in  sums  over  $1:  Windows 
5,  6,  and  7,  Sec.  27,  Broadway  side;  sales  in  sums  of  less  than 
$1 :  Windows  1,  2,  3,  and  4,  Sec.  27,  Broadway  side,  and  Sec. 
23,  Park  Row  side;  also  windows  at  south  end  Box  Depart- 
ment. 


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01  EN  \  i  -  W  \\  i. 

Superintendent  Outgoing  Domestic  Mails  Department,  Sec. 

22,  Broadway  side. 

Superintendent  General  Postoffice  Delivery  Department, 
Sec.  ir.  Park  Row  side. 

MAIL  IN  QUANTITIES i  For  New  York  City  delivery, 
received  at  Window  12,  Broadway  side;  for  letters  for  out- 
going domestic  mails,  received  at  Window  20,  Broadway  side; 
for  letters  for  foreign  countries,  received  at  Window  26, 
Park  Row  side;  circulars  received  at  Window  23,  Broadway 
side.  Mail  in  quantities  must  be  assorted  by  States  by  the 
sender  before  mailing. 

DELIVERY    FOR     NEWSPAPER  EXCHANGES 
Sic.  17,  l'ark  Row  side. 

DROPS.  For  outgoing  domestic  mails,  Sec.  25,  Park  Row 
side,  and  Sees.  13,  15,  17,  19,  Broadway  side.  For  New.  York 
City  delivery,  Sec.  25,  Park  Row  side,  and  Sec.  11,  Broadway 
side.  For  foreign  countries,  Sec.  27,  Park  Row  side,  and  Sec. 
21.  Broadway  side. 

LOCK-BOXES.  South  end  and  Broadway  side.  Lock- 
boxes for  newspaper  exchanges.  Park  Row  side. 

On  general  holidays,  viz.,  January  1,  February  22,  May  30, 
July  4.  December  25,  and  such  days  as  the  President  of  the 
United  States,  or  the  laws,  or  Governor  of  the  State  may 
designate  as  holidays,  fast,  and  thanksgiving  days,  all  mails 
are  closed  at  10  A.M.,  and  only  such  carrier  deliveries  are 
made  as  may  have  been  previously  announced. 

BR  INCH  POST  OFFICES  are  situated  as  follows: 

A,  corner  West  Broadway  and  Prince  st. 

B,  380  Grand  st.  (north  side),  between  Norfolk  and  Suffolk 
st>. 

C,  Hudson  st.,  corner  Bethune  st. 

D,  25  Third  ave. 

F.  no  West  32d  st. 

F,    01  Third  ave.  (east  side),  between  East  28th  and  29th 


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G,  922  Eighth  ave.,  corner  55th  st. 

H,  Industrial  Building,  corner  Lexington  ave.  and  44th  st. 
J,  213  West  125th  st.  (north  side),  near  7th  ave. 

K,  203  East  86th  st.,  near  3d  ave. 

L,  141  East  125th  st.,  corner  Lexington  ave. 

M,  1965  Amsterdam  ave.,  between  157th  and  158th  sts. 

N,  Williamsbridge. 

O,  72  5th  ave. 

P,  Stone  st.,  corner  Produce  Exchange  Building. 
R   (Morrisania),   southeast  corner   East   150th   st.   and  3d 
ave. 

S  (Kingsbridge),  Broadway,  north  of  Railway  Station. 
Sub-office  at  Riverdale,  New  York  Central  &  Hudson  River 
Railway  station. 

T  (Tremont),  719  Tremont  ave.  (north  side),  between  Rail- 
road and  W  ashington  aves. 

V,  Wool  Exchange  Building,  corner  West  Broadway  and 
Beach  st. 

W,  498  Columbus  ave.,  corner  84th  st. 

X,  Westchester. 

Y,  1 160  Third  ave..  near  68th  st. 

Z,  City  Island. 

High  Bridge,  Sedgwick  ave.  and  Depot  place. 

(All  branch  stations  are  opened  on  week  days  from  7  A.M. 
to  6  P.M.;  for  money-order  business  from  8  A.M.  to  6  P.M.; 
for  the  registry  of  letters  from  8  A.M.  to  8  P.M.  On  Sun- 
days stations  are  opened  from  9  to  11  A.M.,  and  on  holidays 
from  7  to  10  A.M.  No  money-order  or  registry  business  trans- 
acted on  Sundays  or  holidays.) 

TELEGRAPHS.  .  All  the  ocean  cable  companies  and 
land  telegraph  lines  have  offices  and  branches  in  New  York. 
Inquiry  of  an  hotel  clerk  or  a  policeman  is  the  surest  and 
simplest  method  of  ascertaining  the  location  of  the  nearest 
office.  Many  hotels  are  provided  with  a  branch  office  in  the 
building  or  will  call  a  messenger  to  dispatch  a  telegram. 
The  buildings  of  the  Western  Union  Telegraph  Company,  at 


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Broadway  and  Dey  St.,  and  that  of  the  Bostal  Telegraph  and 
Commercial  Cable  Company,  at  Broadway  and  Murray  st.,  are 
noted  among  New  York's  office  buildings  for  the  beauty  of 
their  architecture. 

TELEPHONE!  are  numerous  in  Greater  New  York,  and 
the  location  of  a  public  "  pay  "  station  (Toll,  10  cents  for  eacfc 
message),  is  indicated  by  a  blue  sign.  Long-distance  wires 
reach  all  surrounding  towns  and  extend  as  far  west  as  Chi- 
cago. All  the  hotels  have  telephones,  and,  needless  to  say, 
public  pay  stations  are  to  be  found  in  the  Big  Store  of  Sie- 
gel  Cooper  Co. 

MESSENGER  SERVICE.  Uniformed  messenger  boys, 
many,  in  the  uptown  district,  riding  bicycles,  are  to  be  ob- 
tained at  the  various  offices  of  the  American  District  Tele- 
graph Company  for  carrying  letters,  messages,  or  small  par- 
cels, or  executing  any  commissions.  Call  boxes  are  located 
in  all  hotels  and  in  many  restaurants,  drug  stores,  and  other 
places.  The  tariff  is  by  distance,  or  at  the  rate  of  40  cents  per 
hour,  plus  all  necessary  car  fares. 


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CHAPTER  II. 


THEATERS  AND  PLACES  OF  AMUSE- 
MENT. 

Greater  New  York  is,  without  doubt,  the  amusement  center 
of  the  entire  United  States.  Hither  come  all  the  famous  act- 
ors and  singers  of  Europe.  Here  are  first  produced  all  the 
noted  plays,  transatlantic  as  well  as  American.  Sooner  or 
later,  each  famous  actor  or  beauteous  actress  seeks  the  final 
and  critical  verdict  of  a  New  York  audience.  Small  wonder  is 
it  then  that  the  theaters  of  the  second  city  of  the  world  are 
not  only  very  numerous  but  are  more  magnificently  appointed 
than  those  of  older  and  larger  London  or  smaller  but  older 
Paris. 

Americans  are  essentially  of  an  amusement-loving  race. 
Not  only  are  the  seats  filled  with  the  fair  sex  but  the 
kings  of  commerce  or  finance  seek  in  the  playhouse  their  re- 
laxation from  the  drudgery  of  growing  richer.  Varied  indeed 
are  the  entertainments  of  Greater  New  York.  From  Italian 
and  German  opera,  in  all  the  stateliness  of  the  Metropolitan 
Opera  House,  the  scale  runs  to  an  East  Side  music  hall  or 
the  Bohemian  freedom  of  the  annual  French  Ball. 

The  following  list  includes  the  principal  theaters  with  their 
locations,  prices  of  admission,  and  time  of  performances.  It 
is  advisable  to  purchase  tickets  a  day  or  two  beforehand  and 
either  at  the  box  office  of  the  theater  or  at  a  hotel  newsstand. 
Avoid  dealing  with  sidewalk  speculators,  as  their  tickets  are 
often  refused  at  the  doors. 

OPERA  HOUSES  AND  THEATERS. 

Prices  of  Perform- 
•v„„^  t  Admission  ances 

Name.  Locat.on.  (Subject  Begin. 


Academy  of  Music 


to  Change).  P.M. 
E.  14th  st.  and  $1.50,  1.00, 

Trving  place  75,  50,  25c. 


American  Theater     8th  ave.  near.»2dst. 

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$1.50,  1. 00, 
50,  25c. 


Prices  of  Perform- 
Admission  ances 


Name.  Location.  (Subject  Begin, 

to  change).  P.M. 

Special  for 
W.  44th  St.,  near  cll  en_ 

Berkeley  Lyceum         5t4h4ave.  JJ^Snt 

..     1_  Broadway,  near        $1.50,1.00,     8 M 

Bjjou  Theater  '  M  sl  7S,  50,  25c.      Mat.  2 

T,   „„,  Broadway  and  4>^  «2.oo  8.15 

Broadway  Theater  st 

Carr's  Third  Ave.  ,d  dVe.  tor.  31st  st.  75  to  IoC         Mat.  a.15 
Theater 

Casino 


Broadway  and  3gth    5QC  Jg^ 


E.  125th  st ,  near  $1.00,  75.  fsW 

Columbus  Theater       Lexington  ave.  50,  *5C  Mat. 2 

Broadway  and  30th  $2.00,1.50,  J.  15 

Daly  s  Theater  j£  x.oo.  50c.  Mat.  2 

.     _,  Broadway  and  40th  $2.00,1.50, 

Empire  Theater  st  1.00,50c.  Mat.  2.15 

Broadway  and  28th  $1.50,1.00,  B£s  ^ 

Fifth  Ave.  Theater      st.  5oc. 

Fourteenth    Street   W.  14th  St.,  near  8.15 

Theater  6th  ave.  75-  9°i  2>c 

_  Broadway  and  29th  3.,5 

Gaiety  Theater  st  c>oc- 

Madison  ave.  and  $2.00,  1.50,  g  I$ 

Garden  Theater  _8lh  st  1.00,  50c. 


«th  st.,  near  6th      $2.00,  1.50, 
Garrick  Theater  ave.  1.00,50c. 


0.15 


E  3th  St.,  near  ^  8.15 


W.  23d  st.  and  8th   $1.00,  75.        8,  mat.  2 
GrandOpera  House      ave  5oc. 


Germania  Thea;er  Broadway 

W.  23d  st.  a 
ave. 

W.  125th  St.,  near  $1.50^1.00, 

7th  ave.  5°- 

(roadway  and  35th  $2. 

st.  50c 


HarlemOpera  ".^tb        near  ^  , 

Herald  Square  Broadway  and  35th   |*«\75,  Jg^ 

Theater 


Name.  Location. 


Prices  of  Perform- 

Admission  ances 

(Subject  Begin, 

to  Change).  P.M. 


Hoyt  s  Theater  Vjadway"^ 

^ving  PI.  Theater    B^pSS.  *  «■  S& . 


Keith's  Union  Sq.    E.  14th  St.,  near 
Theater  Broadway 


50,  25c.  12.30  to  II 


Knickerbocker  Broadway  and  38th  $2.00,1.50,  8.10 

Theater  st.  1.00,  50c.  Mat.  2 

Lexington  Avenue  3d  ave.,  near  58th 
Opera  House  st. 

London  Theater  2^5  Bowery  75,  5°"  8,  mat.  2 

33  J  25,  15c. 

Lyceum  Theater  **  »"■•         »*>  f& , 

ManhattanTheater  Broadway  and  33d  ^..50. 

MetropolkanOpera  Broadway,  39th  and  c  B 

House  40th  sts.  '  *I,5° 

Miner's  Bowerv  Bowery,  near  75,  so,  2s,  „  * 

Theater        '  Broome  st.  15c  8'  maL  2 

Miner's  Sth  Avenue  8th  ave.,  near  25th  75,50,35,  Q 

Theater  st.  '  25,  15c.  8'  mat-  2 

Murrav  Hill  Lexington  ave. and  $1.00,  75,  Q 

Theater  41st  st.  5o,  25c.  8'  mat-  2 

Olympic  Theater    '  3d  ave.  and  i3othst.  ^  8,  mat.  a 

People's  Theater  201  Bowery  50  ^  72;c  8-IS 

Proctor's  Pleasure  E.  58th  st.,  near  3d  $1.00,  75,  12  m.  to  12 

Palace  ave.  50,  25c.  night 


Proctor's  Theater     Wa  23d  st-  near  6th    5o,  25,  15c. 


II  A.M.  to 
II  P.M. 


Star  Theater  Broadway  and  13th    $1.00.75,  &,iS 

st.  50,  25c.  Mat.  2.15 

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Prices  of  Perform- 

_        .  Admission  ances 

Name.  Location.  (Subject  Begin, 

to  Change).  P.M. 

Howery,ncarCanal    $1.00  75,  8 
Thalia  Theater  sl  so,  35,  25c  3 

Tony  Pastor's  K.  uth  st.,  near  3d    $1.00,  75,        %       lQ  „ 

Theater  ave.  50.  3°. 

...  ..    ,,  ^  Broadway  and  30th    $1.50,1.00,  815, 

Wallack  s  Theater        sl         '         J        5oC  Mat.  2 

Bowery, nearCanal    $1.00,  7s,        ■  mat  2 
W  indsor  Theater         sl  ^  35,  25c.      a'  mau 

Seating  capacity  is  given,  but  there  is  usually  standing 
room  in  addition  for  a  large  number  of  persons.  Theater-, 
goers  should  consult  the  daily  papers  as  to  time  performance 
begins,  as  it  varies  in  some  houses  with  the  nature  of  the  at- 
tractions, and  will  always  find  therein  the  best  index  of  the 
varied  current  attractions. 

MUSIC    B  11X8. 

Carnegie  Music  Hall,  West  57th  St.,  near  -th  ave. 
Central  Opera  House  Music  Hall,  67th  st.  and  3d  ave. 
Chickering  Hall.  Sth  ave.  and  18th  st. 

Eden  Musee,  West  23d  st.,  between  Broadway  and  6th  ave. 
Hardman  Hall,  5th  ave.  and  19th  st. 

Koster  &  Bial's,  West  34th  st.,  near  Broadway.  Admission, 
$1.50,  $1,  75  cents,  50  cents,  25  cents.  Performance,  8.15 
P.M. 

Lenox  Lycuem,  East  59th  st.  and  Madison  ave. 
Madison  Square  Garden,  Madison  ave.,  26th  and  27th  sts. 
Weber  and  Fields.  Broadway  and  30th  st.    Admission,  $2  to  50 
cents.    Performance,  8.15  P.M. 
Musical  entertainments  are  sometimes  given  in  halls  cus- 
tomarily used  for  other  purposes,  such  as  the  hall  of  the 
Cooper  Union,  the  hall  of  the  Masonic  Temple,  Lyric  Hall, 
Tammany  Hall,  Clarendon  Hall,  114  East  13th  st. ;  Germania 
Assembly  Rooms,  on  the  Bowery;  Terrace  Garden,  58th  st., 
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near  Lexington  ave. ;  Atlantic  Garden,  50  Bowery;  Columbus 
Music  Hall.  117  E.  125th  st. ;  Grand  Central  Palace,  43d  st.  and 
Lexington  ave. 

MUSEUMS.  Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art,  5th  ave.  and 
826.  st.  (Central  Park) ;  free  on  Tuesday,  Wednesday,  Thurs- 
day, Saturday,  from  10  A.  M.  to  5.30  P.M.,  and  on  Monday 
and  Friday  from  8  to  10  P.M.;  open  on  Sunday  from  1  P.M. 
to  half  hour  before  sunset;  on  Monday  and  Friday,  during  the 
day,  admission  is  25  cents.  Museum  of  Natural  History,  8th 
ave.  and  79th  st. ;  free  daily,  except  Sunday  and  Monday; 
open  on  Sunday  afternoons  and  holidays  also.  Aquarium. 
Castle  Garden.  Battery. 

GROUNDS  FOR  OUTDOOR  SPORTS.  Berkeley  Oval 
Morris  Heights;  Manhattan  Field,  8th  ave.  and  155th  and 
156th  sts. ;  Polo  Grounds,  8th  ave.  and  157th  and  158th  sts. ; 
New  York  Athletic,  on  Travers  Island,  take  New  Haven  R. 
R.  to  Pelham  Manor.  In  Brooklyn — Eastern  Park,  reached 
by  cars  from  Fulton  Ferry  or  Bridge  Depot;  Brooklyn 
Driving  Club,  Boulevard  and  King's  Highway;  Crescent 
Athletic,  take  Fort  Hamilton  cars;  Parade  Grounds,  Prospect 
Park.  New  Jersey  Athletic  by  Central  K.  R.  of  N.  J.  to 
Ave.  A.  Bayonne  City;  St.  George's  Cricket,  Hoboken; 
Staten  Island  Athletic  and  Cricket,  take  Staten  Island  Ferry 
and  railroad  to  Livingston,  S.  I. 


ART  GAXLERIKS. 


Name. 


Location. 


Admission. 


Avery,  S.  P.,  Jr  366  5th  ave 

American  Art  Galleries  6  E.  23d  st. 

American  Water  Color  Society.. 53  E.  23d  si. 

Blakeslee.  Theron  J.   353  5th  ave. 

Boussod,  Valadpn  &  Co  303  5th  ave. 

Braun,  Clement  &Co  257  5th  ave. 

Carmer,  G.  W  170  5th  ave. 

Cottier  <x  Co  144  5th  ave. 

Delmonico,  L.  Crist  166  5th  ave. 


.Free. 
...  25c. 
...  25c. 
.Free. 
.Free. 
.Free. 
.Free. 
.Free. 


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Name.  Location.  Admission. 

Durand-Ruel  38q  5th  ave  Free. 

Fifth  Avenue  Art  Galleries  366  5th  ave  Free. 

•  1  t-  I  a  ~  o  '  Introduction 
Historical  Society.  ..   j  170  2d  ave  J  by  meinber> 

Keppel,  Fr  20  E.  16th  st  Free. 

Klackner  Art  Gallery  7  W.  28th  st  Free. 

Knoedler  &  Co  355  5th  ave  Free. 

Lenox  Library  890  5th  ave  Free. 

\       5th  ave.       f  Mon.  and  Fri. 
Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art   and  8jd  st.     -    25c;  other 

I  (Central  Park).  )     days  free. 

National  Academy  of  Design  4th  ave.  and  23d  st  23c. 

N.  V.  Etching  Club  135  K-  15th  st  

Schaus,  William  204  5th  ave    25c. 

Society  of  American  Artists  21 5  W.  57th  st  25c. 

The  private  galleries  of  wealthy  New  York  people  are  ex- 
tensive, and  the  selections  of  paintings  are  of  great  merit  and 
value.  Among  the  most  notable  collections  are  those  of  the 
Astors  and  Vanderbilts,  William  F.  Havemeyer,  William 
Rockefeller,  Henry  G.  Marquand,  Thomas  B.  Clarke,  W  ill- 
iam T.  Evans,  John  A.  Garland,  Homer  Lee,  and  S.  P. 
Avery.  Admission  to  view  these  galleries  may  occasionally 
be  obtained  by  applying  by  letter  to  the  owners. 

ART  SCHOOLS.  The  principal  art  schools  are:  The  Art 
Students'  League,  215  W.  57th  st. ;  Art  Schools  of  the  Cooper 
Union,  Art  Schools  of  the  Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art,  and 
Art  Schools  of  the  National  Academy  of  Design.  For  par- 
ticulars as  to  instruction,  fees,  and  qualifications  for  ad- 
mission, application  must  be  made  to  the  officials  in  charge. 

ROOF  GARDENS.  A  popular  feature  of  New  York's 
summer  amusements  is  to  be  found  in  the  vaudeville  enter- 
tainments presented  on  the  roof  gardens.  The  principal  of 
such  gardens  are  to  be  found  at  the  American  Theater,  8th 
ave.  and  42d  st. ;  Casino,  Broadway  and  39th  st. ;  Koster  & 


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Bial's,  34th  st.  near  Broadway;  Madison  sq.,  Madison  ave., 
and  26th  st. ;  Terrace  Garden,  58th  st.  near  3d  ave. 

RID1\G  SCHOOLS  are  located  as  follows:  Belmont, 
124th  st.  and  St.  Nicholas  ave.;  Boulevard  Academy,  8th 
ave.  cor.  Boulevard;  Central  Park  Academy,  59th  st.  cor. 
5th  ave. ;  Cohn  Bros.  Academy,  7th  ave.  near  59th  st. ;  Dickel's 
Academy,  128  W.  56th  st. ;  Durland's,  8th  ave.  and  59th  st. 

BICYCLE  RIDING  SCHOOLS  are  located  as  follows: 
Bidwell,  Tinkham  &  Co.,  59th  st.  near  Broadway;  Bowman's 
Broadway,  7th  ave.  and  53d  st. ;  Gormully  &  Jefteriesi  Broad- 
way and  57th  st. ;  Harlem  Bicycle  Academy,  135  and  137  W. 
125th  st.;  Madison  Square  Garden,  26th  St.;  Maltby  Academy, 
125th  st.  and  8th  ave. ;  Metropolitan,  Boulevard  and  60th 
St.;  Schovering,  Gales  &  Co.,  Broadway  and  42d  st. ;  Smith 
Dart  Cycle  Mfg.  Co.,  42-50  \Y.  67th  st. ;  Star  Cycling  Acad- 
emy, Tammany  Hall,  E.  14th  st.,  near  3d  ave.;  and  the  United 
Cycle  Riding  Academy,  Lexington  ave.  and  43d  st. 

For  the  expert  rider  the  Boulevard  and  Riverside  drive 
(around  Grant's  tomb)  afford  splendid  cycling.  Central  Park 
is  also  a  favorite  place  for  riders,  and  the  Coney  Island 
Cycle  Path,  starting  from  Prospect  Park,  Brooklyn,  is  a 
magnificent  stretch  of  prepared  path.  The  rules  are  simple  all 
over  Greater  New  York,  and  may  be  summarized  as  fol- 
lows: Ride  steadily;  do  not  "scorch";  keep  to  the  right; 
carry  a  bell  always  and  a  lighted  lamp  after  dark,  and,  above 
all,  do  as  the  bicycle  policeman  tells  you  and  don't  "  talk 
back  "  at  the  officer,  who  is  on  duty  for  your  protection 
and  safety. 

BASEBALL.  All  National  League  games  take  place  at 
the  Polo  Grounds,  8th  ave.  and  155th  st.  Take  9th  ave.  Ele- 
vated Railroad. 

BOATING  is  indulged  in  on  the  Harlem  River,  on  the 
Hudson,  and  at  Bay  Ridge,  Brooklyn,  where  also  small 
yachts  can  be  hired. 

BOWLING  ALLEYS  are  scattered  all  over  the  city, 
there  being  4,000  clubs  and  over  700  alleys. 


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FOOTBALL.  The  principal  college  games  are  played  on 
Manhattan  Field,  in  close  proximity  to  the  Polo  Grounds 
before  mentioned,  and  reached  by  the  same  railroad.  In 
Brooklyn,  East eni  Park,  apd  the  parade  ground  near  Pros- 
pect Park  are  used  for  baseball  and  football  matches. 

<iOLF  has  many  devotees  and  numerous  handsomely  ap- 
pointed clubs.  Public  golf  links  are  to  be  found  in  Van 
Cortlandt  Park. 

TKWIS  boasts  of  many  clubs,  and  large  spaces  in  all 
the  parks  are  open  for  use. 

\\i\Ti:n  AMUSEMENTS  iND  SPORTS.  SLEIGH 
l\Ci  can  be  had  in  Central  Park  and  on  the  nearby  country 
roads.  Any  leading  livery  stable  lets  sleighs  for  hire,  and 
an  hotel  clerk  will  direct  a  visitor  or  summon  a  sleigh. 
SKATING  is  to  be  found  on  the  Central  Park  Lake  (40 
acres)  j  Van  Cortlandt  Lake,  and  Prospect  Park,  Rrooklyn, 
(72  acresV  Rinks  for  indoor  skating  on  ice  are  open,  and 
advertise  in  the  daily  newspapers.  Indoor  bicycling  can  be 
obtained  at  the  bicycle  riding  schools  mentioned  above. 


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CHAPTER  III. 


WALL  STREET  AND  THE  BUSINESS 
CENTER. 

MANHATTAN  ISLAND,  strictly  speaking,  as  the  center 
of  Greater  New  York,  is  divisible  into  four  parts.  From  the 
Battery  to  Chambers  st.  may  be  called  the  financial  center; 
then  from  Chambers  to  14th  st.  is  found  the  wholesale  trade 
district.  From  14th  to  43d  are  grouped  the  places  of  amuse- 
ment and  the  stores  of  the  retail  shopping  district,  including 
that  center  of  attraction  for  the  out-of-town  visitor,  the  Big 
Store  of  Siegel-Cooper  Co.,  a  city  in  itself.  From  4-'d  north- 
ward runs  the  residence  section,  with  the  p  irk  and  driveways. 
The  visitor  may  well  consider  these  in  their  proper  order, 
and  then  visit  them  as  the  fancy  takes  him  or  opportunity 
serves,  being  guided  by  the  routes  mentioned  in  Chapters 
VI.  and  VII. 

Let  us  start,  then,  at 

THK  BATTERY.  the  southernmost  extremity  of 
Manhattan  Island.  Hence  start  the  ferries  for  Brook- 
lyn, Hoboken,  Staten  Island,  Bay  Ridge,  and  the  boats 
for  Bedloe's  Island  (Statue  of  Liberty),  Ellis  Island  (U.  S. 
immigrant  receiving  place),  and  Governor's  Island  (military 
headquarters).  The  sea-wall  affords  an  excellent  view  of  the 
harbor,  thronged  with  ships  of  all  sizes  and  nationalities. 
Here  is  the  Aquarium  (free  admission),  the  stations  of  one 
of  the  fireboats  and  of  the  harbor  police  and  the  landing 
place  for  private  yachts.  From  Pier  1,  the  boats  for  Coney 
Island  start  in  the  summer  months,  and  in  front  of  the  sea- 
wall a  floating  swimming  bath  is  moored  in  the  warm 
weather. 

The  Aquarium  was  once  a  fort,  then  a  place  of  amusement, 
and  later,  as  Castle  Garden,  was  the  immigrant  receiving 
depot  until  the  opening  of  Ellis  Island.  The  U.  S.  Barge 
Office  is  at  the  southern  extremity  of  the  park  of  21  acres, 


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an<1  in  ihc  park  is  Hartley's  fine  statue  of  John  Hricsson, 
the  designer  of  the  "  Monitor."  Across  the  water  to  the 
southward  is 

GOVERNOR'S  ISLAND,  the  military  beadquai 
„f  the  district  of  the  Fast.  Here  stands  Castle  W.lb 
iam  an  out-of-date  fort,  and  the  modern  fortification  of 
Fort  ColttmtNlS,  A  launeh  runs  to  the  Island,  passes  to  be 
had  at  the  Army  Building,  Whitehall  and  l'earl  sts.  1  here 
is  a  military  museum  full  of  many  interesting  relics,  in- 
cluding the  well-mounted  war  horse  on  which  Sheridan 
rode  from  Winchester. 

BARTHOLDI'S  six  Hi:  <>•  L1BBRT1  upon 
Bedloe's  Island,  about  two  miles  southwest  of  the  Battery. 
It  is  constructed  of  plates  of  copper,  is  iSi  feet  in  height, 
and  stands  upon  a  pedestal  .55  feet  high.  Stairways  inside 
the  statue  lead  visitors  as  far  as  the  head.  The  pose  .s  one 
of  majestic  and  grave  beauty,  the  uplifted  hand  beckons  by 
day  and  beams  by  night  a  welcome  and  true  liberty  to  the 
oppressed  of  every  nation.  The  statue  is  reached  by  boat, 
half  hourly  from  the  Battery  (round  trip  25  cents).  I  he 
entrance  to  the  statue  is  free,  and  an  hour  upon  the  .sland 
will  be  ample  time. 

DOWN  THE  BAY,  stand  Bobbins'  Red  lighthouse,  Fort 
Hamilton,  Fort  Wadsworth,  and  Fort  Lafayette,  the  Nar- 
rows, through  which  ships  thread  their  way  to  the  ocean, 
and  Ouarant.ne  station,  which  keeps  watch  and  ward  over 
the  health  of  the  port  of  New  York.  Further  down  the  bay 
are  Hoffman  and  Swinburne  Islands,  Sandy  Hook  now  a 
U  S  Government  proving  ground,  and  the  Sandy  Hook 
and  Scotland  lightships.  Above  them  tower  the  sent.nel 
twins  of  the  lighthouse  on  the  Navesink  Highlands,  and  some 
thirty  miles  further  to  the  eastward  squats  Fire  Island,  often 
the  first  American  light  sighted  by  the  voyager  to  New 
York  But  let  us  go  back  to  land  and  explore  the  financ.al 
center  of  New  York,  where  millions  are  made  or  lost  at  t.mes 
in  a  few  minutes. 

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BOWLING  GREEN,  the  oldest  park  rn  the  city,  at  the 
end  of  Broadway,  will  be  our  starting  place.  Here  once  stood 
the  leaden  statue  of  George  III,  which  is  said  to  have  been 
molded  into  over  40,000  bullets  to  fire  at  his  soldiers.  The 
statue  in  the  park  is  that  of  Abraham  de  Peyster,  a  leading 
merchant  of  colonial  days;  Lords  Cornwallis  and  Howe,  Sir 
Henry  Clinton  and  General  Washington  lived  at  No.  1 
Broadway;  Benedict  Arnold  lived  at  No.  5.  and  General 
Gage's  headquarters  were  at  No.  11.  Across  the  park  is  the 
stately  Produce  Exchange,  300  x  150  in  area  and  116  feet  high. 
An  exchange  was  opened  in  1690  and  this  building  in  1884 
The  members  number  3,000. 

THE  EXCHANGES  AND  BOARDS  OF  TRADE 
in  the  city  are  as  follows:  American  Bankers'  Association, 
2  Wall  st.;  American  Newspaper  Publishers'  Association, 
38  Park  Row;  American  Shipmasters'  Association,  37  William 
St. ;  Board  of  Underwriters,  51  Wall  st. ;  Brewers'  Exchange, 
109  E.  15th  st.;  Building  Material  Exchange,  63  Liberty  st. ; 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  32  Nassau  St.;  Coal  Exchange  (retail), 
131  E.  58th  st.;  Coffee  Exchange,  115  Pearl  St.;  Consolidated 
Stock  and  Petroleum  Exchange,  60  Broadway;  Cotton  Ex- 
change, 4  William  st.;  Crockery  Board  of  Trade,  35  Warren 
st. ;  Fruit  Exchange,  78  Park  pi. ;  Furniture  Board  of  Trade, 
150  Canal  st. ;  Furniture  Exchange,  Lexington  ave.  and  44th 
st.;  Hardware  Board  of  Trade,  4  Warren  st. ;  Harlem  Ex- 
change for  Woman's  Work,  40  W.  125th  st. ;  Hay  Exchange 
601  W.  33d  st.;  Italian  Chamber  of  Commerce,  24  State  St.; 
Joint  Traffic  Association,  143  Liberty  st. ;  Lager  Beer  Brew- 
ers' Board  of  Trade,  109  E.  15th  st. ;  Leaf  Tobacco  Board  of 
Trade,  178  Pearl  St.;  Live  Stock  Society,  32  Pine  St.;  Mari- 
time Exchange,  8  Beaver  st. ;  Mechanics  and  Traders'  Ex- 
change, 117  E.  23d  st.;  Mercantile  Exchange,  6  Harrison  st. ; 
Metal  Exchange,  234  Pearl  st. ;  Mining  Exchange,  35  Broad- 
way and  38  New  st. ;  National  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters, 
156  Broadway;  National  Board  of  Marine  Underwriters,  6 
Hanover  st. ;  National  Confectionery  Manufacturers'  Board 


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Of  Trade  -71  Rroadway ;  National  Florists'  Hoard  of  Trade, 
.-,  Broadway;  National  Horse  Show  Association,  16  E.  Sjd 
»L;  National  Railway  Exchange,  ,4  Hark  ,.1.,  N. -V.  Board 
Of  Fire  Underwriters,  3^  Nassau  St.;  N.  Y.  Hoard  of  1  ra.K 
and  Transportation,  ,03  Broadway;  N.   Y.   Exchange  for 

Woman's  Work,  la  E.  30th  St.;  N.  Y.  Jewelers  Association, 
I4fi  Broadway;  N.  Y.  Jeweler*'  Hoard  of  Trade,  68  Nassau  st.; 
North  Side  Hoard  of  Trade,  278  Alexander  ave. ;  1  roduce 
Exchange,  Broadway,  cor.  Heaver  st.;  Real  Estate  exchange 
and  Auction  Room,  59  E.herty  st.;  Retail  Grocers'  Exchange, 
E  57th  st.  ;  Stationers'  Hoard  of  Trade,  99  Nassau  st. ; 
Silk  Association  of  America,  445  Broome  st. ;  Stock  Exchange 
,0  Broad  st.;  Theatrical  Exchange.  140;  Rroadway;  1  runk 
Lme  Association,  14J  Liberty  pts  Typothetae,  .06  Fulton  St.; 
I'.  S.  Export  Association.  .43  Chambers  st. ;  Wool  Exchange, 
\V.   Hroadway  and  Beach  ai  ,  nr 

The  united  exchanges  form  the  CHAMBBB  Ol 
COHVERCE,  jj  Nassau  st.,  which  organized  April  5. 
I768;  incorporated  by  George  the  Third,  March  1*1770, 
and  re  incorporated  by  the  State  of  New  York,  Apnl  .3. 
I784  Its  object  is  "to  carry  into  execution,  encourage, 
and  promote,  by  just  and  lawful  ways  and  means  such 
measures  as  will  tend  to  promote  and  extend  just  and  lawful 

commerce."  .  .  — 

Proceeding  up  Hroadvsay  through  a  forest  of  lof|y  oftce 
b«UdingS,  old  Trinity  Church  is  noticed  at  the  head  of  W  a 
st  The  present  building  was  completed  in  .846  but  the 
church  date,  from  1697.  Notable  monuments  include  those 
of  Alexander  Hamilton,  Captain  Lawrence  of  the  Chesapeake, 
and  the  Martyrs'  Monument  to  the  prisoners  of  the  Revolu- 
tion Wall  st.  contains  the  U.  S.  Sub-Treasury  and  Assay 
Office,  with  a  statute  of  Washington  on  its  front  steps,  the 
C  ustom  House  and  scores  of  lofty  office  buildings.  The 
Stock  Exchange  fronts  on  Hroad  st.  Returning  to  Hroad- 
way  one  notices  the  magnificent  Equitable  Building  and  St. 


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r  aul's  Church.  The  Postoffice  stands  in  the  parting  of  the 
ways  with  the  City  Hall  and  its  surrounding  park  behind  it. 

Broadway  stretches  northward,  while  toward  the  east  or 
right  hand  is  Park  Row  or  Newspaper  Row,  the  home 
of  the  World,  Journal,  Sun,  Tribune,  and  other  famous 
papers.  Printing  House  sq.  has  a  statue  of  Benjamin 
Franklin,  and  Horace  Greeley  sits  in  front  of  the  Trib- 
une office.  The  building  of  the  New  York  World  is 
one  of  the  sights  of  the  metropolis  (entrance  to  the  cupola 
free  daily  from  9  to  1).  Here  is  the  City  Hall  station  of  the 
Elevated  Railroad,  and  the  entrance  to  the  Brooklyn  Bridge. 

OFFICE  BIILDI\GS.  For  visitors  a  list  of  the  more 
important  office  buildings  and  their  locations  will  be  of  much 
service.    The  principal  buildings  are  as  follows: 

Office  Buildings- 
Abbeys,  1402  Broadway. 
Adee,  45  Pine  st. 
Albertis,  33  Liberty  st. 
Aldrich,  32  Warren  st. 
Aldrich  Court,  45  Broadway. 
American  Surety,  Broadway  and  Pine  st. 
Armitage,  87  Pearl  st. 
Aston,  31  Broadway. 
Astor,  10  Wall  st. 
Ayer,  349  Broadway. 
Bank  of  America,  46  Wall  st. 
Bangs,  231  Broadway. 
Barnes,  21  Park  Row. 
Benedict,  171  Broadway. 
Bennett.  93  Nassau  st. 
Bible  House,  8th  st.  and  ith  ave. 
Bissell,  693  Broadway. 
Black,  93  William  st. 
Boreel,  113  Broadway. 
Bradley,  61  Union  sq. 


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Brooklyn  Life,  5'  Liberty  st. 

Brooks,  23  B»rk  Row" 

Brown  Bros.,  69  Wall  st. 

Bryant,  57  Liberty  st. 

Cable,  Broadway  and  Houston  st. 

Carter,  757  Broadway. 

Central,  Broadway  and  Beaver  it 

Central  Railroad  of  New  Jersey.  Liberty  and  \\  est  sts. 

Central  Trust,  56  Wall  st. 

Cheeseborough,  State  and  Pearl  sts. 

Clark,  Park  Row  and  Ann  st. 

Clinton  Hall,  15  ArtOf  pL 

Coal  and  Iron  Exchange,  19  Cortlandt  st. 

Columbia.  29  Broadway. 

Commercial,  40  Broadway. 

Commercial  Union  Insurance  Co..  Pine  and  William  sts. 

Consolidated  Stock  and  Petroleum  Exchange,  58  Broadway. 

Continental,  44  Cedar  st. 

Continental,  100  Broadway. 

Cooper  Union,  8th  st.  and  3d  ave. 

Corbin,  Broadway  and  John  st. 

Corn  Exchange,  Beaver  and  William  sts. 

Decker.   "U  Union  sq.  ,  ...... 

Delaware   Lackawanna,  and  Western.  Exchange  pi.  and  Will 

iam  st. 

Delmonico,  William  and  Beaver  sts. 

Diamond  Exchange,  14  Maiden  lane. 

Downing,  108  Fulton  st. 

Drexel,  Broad  and  Wall  sts. 

Duncan,  H  Pine  st. 

Eagle,  Wall  and  Pearl  sts. 

Edison,  42  Broad  st. 

Electrical  Exchange,  136  Liberty  st. 

Empire,  71  Broadway. 

Empire  Commercial,  100  Spring  st. 

Equitable,  120  Broadway. 


Evening  Post,  Broadway,  cor.  Fulton  st. 
Everett,  21  Ann  st. 
Excelsior,  m  Nassau  st. 
Exchange  Court,  52  Broadway. 
Farmers'  Loan  and  Trust,  22  William  st. 
Fourth  Ave.  Studio,  337  4th  ave. 
Fulton,  Fulton  and  Nassau  sts. 
Germania,   179  Broadway. 

Germania  Fire  insurance  Co.,  William,  cor.  Cedar. 

Gilsey,  1193  Broadway. 

Guernsey,  162  Broadway. 

Hammerstein,  213  W.  125th  st. 

Hanover  Fire  Insurance  Co.,  34  Pine  st. 

Havemeyer,  35  Church  st. 

Hays,  23  Maiden  la. 

Healy,  88  Gold  st. 

Hemenway,  35  Broadway. 

Hillen,  273  Broadway. 

Holland,  1.138  Broadway. 

Home  Life  Insurance  Co.,  257  Broadway. 

Howard,   176  Broadway. 

Hoyt,  44  Pine  st. 

Industrial,  426  Lexington  ave. 

Imperial,  33  Pine  st. 

Insurance,  49  Wall  st. 

Jackson,  31  E.  17th  st. 

Jewelers'  Exchange,  51  Maiden  la. 

Johnson,  32  Broad  st. 

Judge,  110  5th  ave. 

Kemble,  15  Whitehall  st. 

Kemp,  William,  cor.  Cedar  st. 

Kennedy,  293  4th  ave. 

Kent,  79  Nassau  st. 

Kinney,  77  Cedar  st. 

Knickerbocker,  14th  st.  and  5th  ave. 

Knox,  212  Broadway. 


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Lancashire,  25  Pine  st. 

Law,  82  Nassau  st. 

Lawrence,  84  West  Broadway. 

Levin,  80  Wall  st. 

Life,  19  W.  31st  st. 

Lincoln,  Broadway,  cor.  1  :th  st. 

Liverpool,  London  &  Globe,  47  William  st. 

London  and  Lancashire,  57  William  st. 

Mclntyre,  874  Broadway. 

Mail  and  Express,  203  Broadway. 

Manhattan  Company,  4^  Wall  st. 

Manhattan.  117  I  )uane  st. 

Manhattan,  96  sth  ave. 

Manhattan  Life.  62  Broadway. 

Market  and  Fulton  Bank,  81  Fulton  st. 

Mechanics',   w  Wall  st. 

Mendelssohn  Studio,   106  W.  55th  st. 

Methodist  Book  Concern.  150  5th  ave. 

Merchants,  2  Stone  st. 

Metropolitan.  Parti  pl.j  cor.  Church  st. 

Metropolitan  Life.  23d  st.,  cor.  Madison  ave. 

Mills,  15  Broad  st. 

Moffat,  335  Broad  st. 

Mohawk,  160  £th  ave. 

Morgan.  50  Pearl  st. 

Morris,  68  Broad  st.,  cor.  Beaver  st. 

Morse,  138  Nassau  st. 

Mortimer,  11  Wall  st. 

Mount  Morris  Bank,  83  F.  125th  st. 

Munro,  45  Rose  st. 

Mutual  Life,  Nassau,  Liberty,  and  Cedar  sts. 
Mutual  Reserve,  Broadway,  cor.  Duane  st. 
Nassau  Chambers,  114  Nassau  st. 
National  Bank  of  Commerce,  27  Nassau  «t. 
National  Park  Bank,  214  Broadway. 
National,  57  Broadway. 

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Nelson,  19  Park  pi. 

New  York  Life,  348  Broadway. 

New  York  Steam  Co.,  173  Broadway. 

Niagara,  137  Broadway. 

Orient,  43  Wall  st. 

Para,  35  Warren  st. 

Parmley,  165  Broadway. 

Pearsall,  Cortlandt  st.,  cor.  Church  st. 

Pierce,  Hudson  St.,  cor.  Franklin  st. 

Popham,  78  Broad  st. 

Post,  18  Exchange  pi. 

Postal  Telegraph,  Broadway,  cor.  Murray  st. 

Potter,  38  Park  Row. 

Prescott,  Nassau  and  John  sts. 

Prescott,  529  Broadway. 

Produce  Exchange,  Broadway,  cor.   Beaver  st. 

Puck,  East  Houston,  cor.  Crosby  st. 

Pulitzer,  Park  Bow  and  Brooklyn  Bridge. 

Raub,  90  Nassau  st. 

Peal  Estate  Exchange,  59  Liberty  st. 

Robert,  99  Water  st. 

Royal,  50  Wall  st. 

St.  Nicholas,  84  Broadway. 

Schermerhorn,  96  Broadway. 

Scott  &  Bowne,  411   Pearl  st. 

Sheldon,  Nassau,  cor.  John  st. 

Shoe  and  Leather  National  Bank,  272  Broadway. 

Society  for  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children  Building,  23d. 

cor.  4th  ave. 
Standard  Oil,  26  Broadway. 
Staats-Zeitung,   Park  Row. 
Star,  Broadway  and  Park  pi. 
Stevens,  18  Wall  st. 
Stevens,  3  Maiden  la. 
Stewart,  Broadway,  cor.  Chambers  st. 
Stokes,  47  Cedar  st. 


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Stone,  28  Liberty  st. 

Taylor,  39  Cortlandt  st. 

Telephone,  18  Cortlandt  st. 

Temple  Court,  Beekman,  cor.  Nassau  st. 

Thomas,  19  Liberty  st. 

Thomson,  38  Wall  st. 

Times,  Park  Row,  cor.  Nassau  st. 

Tontine,  88  Wall  st. 

Tower,  50  Broadway. 

Tract,  Nassau  and  Spruce  sts. 

Tribune,  Nassau,  cor.  Park  Row. 

Trinity,  III  Broadway. 

Underwriters,  61  William  st.. 

Union,  54  William  st. 

Union  Trust,  82  Broadway. 

United  Bank,  Broadway,  cor.  Wall  st. 

United  Charities,  22d,  cor.  4th  ave. 

United  States  Bank,  41  Wall  st. 

United  States  Life,  261  Broadway. 

United  States  Trust,  47  Wall  st. 

University,  Washington  sq.,  cor.  Waverly  pi. 

Yanderbilt,  132  Nassau  st. 

Walt  ham,  1  Bond  st. 

Washington,  1  Broadway. 

Watson,  260  Church  st. 

Welles,  14  Broadway. 

Wemple,  83  Nassau  st. 

Western  Union,  195  Broadway. 

Wilkes,  is  Wall  st. 

Wood,  115  Nassau  st. 

World  (see  Pulitzer). 

THE  GREATER  BUILDINGS.  Some  of  the  more 
prominent  buildings  are  of  vast  proportions.  For  the  in- 
formation of  the  statistically  curious  v.sitor  the  following 
table  is  printed; 


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Name  and  Location 
of  Buildings. 

American  Surety  Co., 
Broadway,  cor. 
Pine  st. 

American  Tract 
Society, 
Nassau,  cor. 
Spruce  st. 

Bank  of  Commerce, 
cor.  Nassau  and 
Cedar  sts. 

Corn  Exchange 
Bank, 

cor.  William  and 
Beaver  sts. 

Downing  Building, 
106  and  108  Fulton 
st. 

Gillender, 
cor.  Wall  and 
Nassau  sts. 

Home  Life  Ins.  Co., 
256  Broadway. 

Hotel  New 
Netherland, 
cor.  59th  st.  and 
Fifth  ave. 

Ivins  Syndicate, 
13-21  Park  Row. 

Manhattan  Life  Ins. 
Co., 

64  to  68  Broadway- 
Metropolitan  Life 
Ins.  Co., 
Madison  sq. 

Mutual  Life  Ins.  Co., 
Liberty  st. 


23      306  ft.  1  in. 


23      306  ft. 


20      270  ft. 


158  ft. 


To  roof  top,  179  ft.; 
5         to  pent  house,  190 
ft. 

,       To  roof  top,  219  ft.; 
to  tower,  273  ft. 


ft. 


To  roof  top,  219  11. 
to  top  of  spire 
280  ft. 


17       To  roof  top,  220  ft. 


To  roof  top,  309  ft.; 
to  tower,  382  ft. 

To  roof  top,  246  ft.; 
to  top  of  tower, 
348  ft. 

To  roof  top,  144  ft.; 
to  bulkhead,  159 
ft. 

To  roof  top,  210  ft.; 
to  roof  garden, 
230  ft. 


Dimensions. 


84  ft.  8  in.  x 
85  ft.  6  in. 


100  ft.  7  in.  x 
94  ft.  6  in. 


106  ft.  2  in.  x 
109  ft.  8  in. 

86  ft.  8  in.  x 
no  ft.  7  in. 

50  ft.  front,  74 
ft.  rear,  103 
ft.  deep. 

26  ft.  x  73  ft* 
in. 

55  ft.  6  in.  x 
109  ft. 

Mansard  roof 
and 

building, 
loo  x  125  ft. 

104  ft.  2  in.  x 
153  ft.  |i  in. 

67  x  125  ft. 
U3  x  145  ft. 
100  X  125  ft. 


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Heiglil 


Dimensions. 


To  roof  top,  184  ft.     75  *  '■'S  ft. 


Name  and  Location    No  of 
of  Buildings.  Stories. 

Mutual  Reserve  Life 
Ins.  Co., 
Broadway  and 
Duanc  si. 

N.  V.  Life  Ins.  Co., 
346-348  Broadway 

Postal  Telegraph 
Co.,  , 
cor.  Broadway  and 
Murray  si. 

Pulitzer  Building, 
Park  Row. 

yueens  Ins.  Co., 
cor.  William  and  15 
Cedar  sts. 

St.  James, 
cor.  Broadway  and  16 
26th  St. 

St.  Paul  Building, 
Ann  st.  and  26 
Broadway. 

Townsend, 
cor.  Broadway  and  12 
25th  St. 

Waldorf  Hotel, 
cor.  33d  st.  and  1 1 

Fifth  ave. 

MARKETS  are  numerous,  and  are  located  as  follows: 
Catharine,  foot  of  Catharine  st.  and  East  River;  Centre, 
Centre  st.,  bet.  Grand  and  Broome  sts.;  Clinton,  hounded  by 
Spring,  Canal,  West,  and  Washington  sts. ;  Farmers',  Ganze- 
voort  and  West  sts.;  Fulton,  bounded  by  Beekman,  Fulton, 
South,  and  Front  sts.;  Fulton  Fish,  South  st.,  opp.  Fulton 
Market;  Jefferson,  Greenwich  ave.  and  6th  ave.;  Tompkins, 
3d  ave.,  bet.  6th  and  7th  sts.;  Union,  East  Houston  and 
Columbia  sts.;  Washington,  bounded  by  Washington,  West, 


188  ft.  front  ; 
to  tower,  270  ft. 

To  roof  top,  179  ft.; 
to  pent  house,  193 
ft. 

Extreme  height, 
375>*  ft, 

105  ft. 


308  ft. 


165  ft. 


To  roof  top  and 
attic,  182  ft. 


(»>  x  ra6  ft. 


7(1  ft.  front; 
100  ft.  rear; 
155  ft.  deep 

115  ft.  4  to.  x 

136  ft.  8  n. 

41  ft.  n>a  in. 
x  68  ft.  nlA 
in. 

94  ft.  8^  in.  x 
148  ft.  nk 
in. 

39  ft.  4  in.  x  27 
ft.  x  104  ft. 

2  in.  x  54  ft, 

3  in.  x  83  ft. 

89  ft.  jY4  in  x 
132  ft.  6%  in. 


About  99  x  250 
ft. 


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Vesey,  and  Fulton  sts. ;  West  Washington,  bounded  by  West, 
Washington,  and  Ganzevoort  sts. 

WHOLESALE  TRADE  DISTRICTS.  Often  the 
visitor  desires  to  see  a  wholesale  dealer.  For  such  the  fol- 
lowing list  of  wholesale  districts  will  be  of  service.  A  city 
directory,  to  be  consulted  gratis  in  any  hotel  or  drug  store, 
will  supply  the  address  of  any  particular  wholesaler.  The 
wholesale  districts  are  as  follows :  Architects,  Broadway  and 
i  ifth  ave.  Artists"  Materials,  Fulton  and  William  sts.  Badges 
and  Medals,  John,  Nassau,  and  Fulton.  Bankers,  Wall,  Nassau, 
:ind  Broad  sts.  Belting,  Chambers  and  Church  sts.  Bicycles, 
Murray  and  Chambers  sts.  Blank  Hooks,  William,  Fulton,  and 
Duane  sts.  Boats,  South  and  West  sts.  Books,  Park  Row,  Fifth 
ave.,  and  Warren  st.  Boots  and  Shoes,  Duane,  Church,  and  Warren. 
Brushes,  Fulton,  Murray,  and  Spring  sts.  Champagne,  Beaver, 
Broad,  and  Warren  sts.  Chemicals,  Fulton,  William,  and  Pearl  sts. 
China  and  Glass,  Park  Place,  Murray  and  Warren  sts.  Cigars. 
Water,  Murray,  and  Park  Place.  Cloaks  and  Suits,  Lispenard, 
Broadway,  and  Greene.  Clothiers,  Church,  Greene,  and  Houston 
sts.  Cotton  Goods,  Leonard,  White,  and  Thomas  sts.  Coal, 
Broadway  and  Cortlandt  st.  C  ullery.  Chambers.  Greene,  and 
Warren  sts.  Distillers,  Beaver,  Water,  and  Broad  sts.  Drug  Im- 
porters, Cedar,  William,  and  Gold  sts.  Drygoods,  White,  Worth, 
and  Leonard  sts.  Electrical,  Liberty,  Cortlandt,  and  Broad  sts. 
Fertilizers,  Front,  Maiden  Lane,  and  Pearl  sts.  Fireworks,  Park 
Place,  Murray,  and  William  sts.  Fruits,  West,  Washington,  and 
Park  Place.  Furs,  Broome,  Bleecker,  and  Mercer  sts.  Furni- 
ture, Canal  St.,  Third  ave.,  and  14th  st.  Florists,  Dey,  Broadway, 
and  W.  24th  sts.  Flour,  Front,  West,  and  Broad  sts.  Grain, 
Produce  Exchange.  Grocers,  Greenwich,  Hudson  and  W.  Broad- 
way. Hardware,  Chambers,  Warren,  and  Reade  sts.  Hats  and 
Caps,  Houston,  Broadway,  and  Wooster.  Ink,  Beekman,  Pearl, 
and  Ann  sts.  Insura >n  <•,  William,  Cedar,  and  Broadway.  Iron 
and  Steel,  Cortlandt,  John,  and  Cliff  sts.  Jewelry  and  Watches 
Maiden  Lane  and  Broadway.  Lumber,  E.  8th,  Lewis,  and  W. 
23d  sts.    Machinery,  Liberty,  Cortlandt,  and  Dey  sts.  Metals. 


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Pearl.  Chambers,  and  Murray  sts.  Musical  Instruments,  ,4th  st 
Tnd  Union  sq.  iW-/*",  P*rk  ^ZEZZi 
Joints,  Oils  etc..  Maiden  Lane  and  Fulton  st.  ******** 
Mater  ials.  William  and  Nassau  sts.  Pianos,  ,4th  st  Umon  sq  and 
Fifth  ave.  Produce,  Warren,  Washington,  and  West  sts  W- 
JL>  Harare,  Murray  and  Warren  sts. 

West,  and  Front  sts.  Steam  Engines,  Liberty,  Oft*-*-  J 
Dey.  Centre,  Grand,  and  Broadway.    /««,  Wall. 

William  and  State  sts. 

FOKKIGN    CONSl  I>   are  located  as  follows:  Argentine 

Re/uiIic.C**l,U  S.William  st.  A  "<^£SS?'  ^ 
mever   C  G.,  33  Broadway.    Belgium,  Charles  Mali,  C.  G.,  3* 
Roadway'.    Bofivia.  A.Santos,  CO.,  IQ  Whitehall  s, 
C  Calderon  C.  G..  24  State  st.    Chili,  F.  A.  Beelan,  C.  G .  25g ,  W. 

; £2  CW,  Hsu  Nai  Kwan,  C  G  ,6  W.  «h  st  Colo, 
C  Calderon,  C.  G.,  .4  State  st.  C#rr«,  E.  Frazer,  C.  G  69  Wall 
st  ell  A'  V,.  Charles  R.  Flint,  C.  G..  68  Broad  St.  Denmark, 
•  M  Braem,  C,  6,  Wall  st.  DominicanPe^lic,  A^andro 
Was  y  Gil,  C  H  Broadway.  Ecuador,  M.  Solzano,  C.C  25 
State  st.  X.Baltazzi,  .33  Broadway.    *J~"J*  ^ 

waert  C  G.,  35  S.  William  st.    German  hm/>,re,  A.  he.gel,C.G., 
I  ,wlinK  Green.    Great  Britain,  Percy  Sanderson,  C.  G.,  24 
State  s,    Greece.  D.  N.  Botassi,  C.  C,,  35  S.  William  St.  Guate- 
mala Joaquin  Yela.C.G..  .2  Old  Slip.    Hawaiian  Islands,  E.  H. 
M   n    C  G.,  5x  Leonard  s,    Hayti,  Jno.  Hausted,  C  G  - 
Pearl  st.'   Honduras,  Jacob  Baiz,  C.  G.,  ,0.  Front  s, 
Branchi,  C.  G.,  24  State  st.   Japan,  N.  Hashiguch,,  C  G    7  War- 
en  st.  J.  W.  Yates,  C,  ,7  William  st.  ***** 
NaVarro  C  G  ,  35  Broadway.    Monaco,  J.  Dupas,  C,  3S  S.  W  11- 
Nax       \T  ,     ,    v    1  R  Pianten  C  G,  17  William  s,  Ntca- 
A  D  tas  C  G  ,  ^8  Broadway.    Ntrmmf,  Car,  Wo,e„, 
C^kmfst  MM  C  D.Pearce,  .65  Chamber, 
'  1,         H  R  Pratt  C  G.,  ,5  Broad  St.    Peru.  1.  Qumtana, 
t.  ^T^  L^  C.  F  Brum.  V.  C    ^oad  JJ. 
Russia,  A.  E.  Omrvorsky.  CO    M  States, 
Boza,  C.  G.,  .30  Pearl  st.  !.  I.  Smith.  C  G..  .  E.  39th  st. 


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Spain,  A.  Baldasano,  C.  G.,  4  Stone  st.  Sweden,  Carl  Woxen,  C, 
24  State  st.  Switzerland ',  J.  Bertschmann,  C,  69  Beaver  st. 
Turkey,  X.  Baltazzi,  C.  G.,  132  Broadway.  Uruguay,  T.  A. 
Eddy,  C.  G.,  66  Broad  st.  Venezuela,  R.  M.  Carabano,  C.  G.,  18 
Broadway. 

THE  CITY  HALL,  COl'RTS,  AND  GOVERNMENT. 

The  artistic  building  standing  in  City  Hall  Park  is  the  seat  of 
government  of  Greater  New  York.  Visitors  should  see  the 
Governor's  Room  with  its  portrait  gallery  and  historical  rel- 
ics, and  notice  the  statue  by  McMonnies  to  the  martyr  Cap- 
tain Nathan  Hale  which  stands  near  Broadway.  The  city 
government  has  been  briefly  described  in  Chapter  I.  It 
remains  to  add  that  the  Hall  of  Records  and  Civil  Courts  are 
in  close  proximity  to  the  City  Hall.  Criminal  trials  take 
place  in  the  Criminal  Court  Building  in  Centre  st.,  where  the 
Health  Department  and  Civil  Service  Commission  are  also 
located.  Police  Headquarters  are  at  300  Mulberry  st.,  and  the 
Commissioners  of  Charity  and  Correction  at  Third  ave.  and 
nth  st.  The  Tombs  or  City  Prison  stands  on  Centre  St.;  the 
Penitentiary  on  Blackwell's  Island. 

FOREIGN  COLONIES.  "  The  proper  study  of  mankind 
being  man."  according  to  the  poet  Pope,  visitors  may  desire 
to  see  the  curious  sections  of  the  city  almost  exclusively 
peopled  with  those  of  alien  birth  or  tongue.  These  are  lo- 
cated as  follows:  Little  Germany ,  east  of  2d  ave.  from  Houston 
st.  north  to  14th  st.  Little  Italy,  around  the  Five  points  at  the 
lower  end  of  the  Bowery.  Chit.a,  Mott,  Pell,  and  Doyer  sts., 
near  the  Bowery.  Judea,  east  end  of  Canal  st.,  near  Ludlow  and 
East  Broadway.  Africa,  Thompson  st.  north  of  Canal  st.  is 
where  the  colored  brother  shines  in  full  glory. 


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CHAPTER  IV. 


FIFTH  AVENUE  AND  THE  SHOPPING 
DISTRICT. 

FIFTH  AVEM  K,  the  Belgravia  of  America,  the  center 
of  its  fashion  and  splendor,  and  the  home  of  its  merchant 
princes,  is  in  close  proximity  to  the  retail  shopping  district, 
and  may  well  be  considered  with  it.  Starting  from  the  Wash- 
ington Arch,  completed  in  1893,  at  a  cost  of  $250,000,  and  the 
pretty  square  of  nine  acres  around  it,  the  visitor  can  proceed 
northward  on  the  top  of  a  stage-coach,  noticing  the  gray 
Tudor  halls  of  the  University  of  the  City  of  New  York,  the 
Brevoort  House,  the  Church  of  the  Ascension,  and  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church.  Many  old  and  well  known  families  live 
south  of  14th  st.,  including  Gen.  I).  K.  Sickles  (23  East  oth 

St.). 

At  14th  st.  we  find  the  retail  stores  commencing,  and  here- 
abouts book  publishers  are  plentiful.  Judge  Building  at  16th 
st.,  Chickering  Hall  and  the  Union  Club  are  noticeable. 
Then  the  stage  crosses  23d  st.  and  passes  by  the  Fifth  Ave- 
nue Hotel,  Madison  Square,  the  Hoffman  House,  the  Worth 
and  Farragut  monuments,  and  Delmonico's.  The  Calumet 
Club  (20th  st.),  Collegiate  Church,  and  palatial  Holland 
House  face  the  avenue,  the  broad  surface  of  which  has  been 
greatly  improved  by  the  recent  application  of  asphalt. 

We  notice  at  34th  st.  the  magnificent  Waldorf-Astona 
hotel  and  the  Manhattan  Club.  This  is  a  district  full  of 
fine  stores,  patronized  by  fashionable  folks,  and  the  skirts  of 
club-land.  The  rise  in  the  road  is  known  as  Murray  Hill.  At 
37th  st  is  the  Brick  Church  and  at  39th  the  handsome  edifice 
of  the  Union  League  Club.  On  the  site  of  the  old  Reservoir 
and  Bryant  Park  behind  it,  a  splendid  public  library  is  to 

stand.  •  « 

Forty-second   street   crosses  the  avenue,   with   the  Grand 

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Central  Depot,  Manhattan,  Grand  Union,  and  Murray  Hill 
hotels  near  by.  Russell  Sage  lives  at  506,  and  at  43d  st.  is  the 
Synagogue  Emanu-el,  the  leading  Hebrew  congregation.  At 
45th  st.  is  the  Church  of  the  Divine  Paternity,  and  near  to  it 
the  Church  of  the  Heavenly  Rest.  Then  we  come  to  the 
Belgravia  and  Buckingham  hotels,  and  the  magnificent  Cath- 
olic cathedral. 

Next,  on  the  left,  are  the  Vanderbilt  houses,  "  Millionaires' 
Four  Corners,"  as  the  district  is  called.  St.  Thomas's 
Church,  and  the  houses  of  the  Standard  Oil  magnates  Flag- 
ler and  Rockefeller  (Nos.  685  and  693),  are  here,  and  just 
before  reaching  the  Plaza  is  the  palace  of  Cornelius  Van- 
derbilt. 

This  is  the  entrance  to  Central  Park  (see  Chapter  V),  and 
here  are  the  Savoy,  Plaza,  and  New  Netherland  hotels.  The 
Metropolitan,  or  Millionaires',  Club  faces  the  Park,  and  fur- 
ther northward  are  the  Lenox  Library,  Progress  Club,  and 
many  handsome  residences.  At  81st  st.  the  best  part  of  the 
avenue  ends,  and  here  is  the  nearest  point  to  reach  the 
Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art  (see  Chapter  V). 

CLUBS  OF  NEW  YORK.  Closed  to  the  average  sight- 
seer, the  clubs  of  New  York  have  palatial  buildings  and 
priceless  treasures  of  art.  The  following  list  includes  the 
more  important  clubs,  with  their  locations: 

Aldine,  75  Fifth  avenue;  American  Yacht,  Milton  Point,  Rye, 
N.  Y.;  Arion,  Park  avenue  and  Fifty-ninth  street;  Arkwrigkt, 
309  Broadway;  Authors',  Seventh  avenue,  corner  West  Fifty-sixth 
street;  Calumet,  267  Fifth  avenue;  Catholic,  120  West  Fifty-ninth 
street;  Century  Association,  7  West  Forty-third  street;  City, 
677  Fifth  avenue,  27  Pine  street;  City  Reform,  677  Fifth  avenue; 
Clergy,  29  Lafayette  place;  Coaching,  319  Fifth  avenue;  Colonial, 
Sherman  square  and  West  Seventy-second  street:  Commonwealth, 
none;  Coney  Island  Jockey,  173  Fifth  avenue;  Congregational,  St. 
Denis  Hotel;  Corinthian  Yacht,  Tompkinsville  S.  I.;  Craftsman  s, 
11  West  Twenty-second  street;  Delaware,  144  East  Sixty-fifth 
street:  Democratic,  617  Fifth  avenue;  Deutscher  Press,  21  City 


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Hall  place;  D.wntoivn,  60  Pine  street;  Drug  Trade,  Jb  John  street. 
Engineers,  374  Fifth  avenue;  German  Liederkra  >iz,  in  East 
Fifty-eighth  street;  Grolier.  29  East  Thirty-second  street;  Hard- 
ware. 253  Broadway.  Harlem,  34  West  123d  strict:  Harlem  Demo- 
cratic, i'/,  West  126th  street;  Harlem  Republican,  145  West  125th 
street;  Harmonie,  43  West  Forty-second  street;  Harvard,  27  West 
Forty-fourth  St.;  Jockey,  173  5th  ave.;  Knickerbocker.  310  5th  ave.; 
Knickerbocker  Athletic.  45th  st  and  Madison  ave.;  Km,  J.crbocker 
Yacht,  College  Point.  L.  I..  Lambs,  26  W.  31st  St.;  Lawyers,  120 
Broadway;  Lincoln,  j$  Clinton  place;  Lotos,  558  5th  ave.;  Manhat- 
tan, 5th  ave.  and  34th  St.:  Manhattan  Chess.  105  East  Twenty- 
second  street;  M,  r,  hants',  108  Leonard  street;  Metropolitan,  Fifth 
avenue,  corner  Si.xlieth  street;  Afa»  Commercial,  Chambers  street 
and  West  Broadway:  New  York,  Thirty-fifth  street  and  Fifth 
avenue;.  V*W  York  Athletic.  104  West  Fifty-fifth  street;  New  York- 
Press,  34  West  Twenty-sixth  street;  ffem  York  Railroad.  12  West 
Thirty-tirst  street;  New  York  Twu  Verein,  66  East  Fourth  sirct  t: 
New  York  Yacht,  27  Madison  avenue;  Nineteenth  Century,  meets 
at  Sherry's;  Players  ,  16  Gramercy  Park;  Progress,  corner  Fifth 
avenue  and  Sixty-third  street;  Racquet  and  Tennis,  27  West  Forty- 
third  street;  Reform,  233  Fifth  avenue;  Republican,  450  Fifth 
avenue;  Saint  Nicholas,  7  West  Forty-fourth  street;  Salmagundi; 
Seawanhaka-Corinthian  Yacht,  Oyster  Bay,  L.  I.;  Seventh  Regi- 
ment Yet.,  751  Fifth  avenue;  Transportation,  Madison  avenueand 
Forty-second  street;  Twilight,  St.  Denis  Hotel;  Union,  Fifth 
avenueand  Twenty-first  street;  Union  League,  Thirty-ninth  street 
and  Fifth  avenue;  United  Service,  16  West  Thirty-first  street; 
University,  32  East  Twenty-sixth  street;  Uptown  Association,  cor- 
ner Fifth  avenue  and  Eighteenth  street;  West  End,  134  West 
Seventy-second  street;  Wool,  Wool  Exchange. 

SOCIETIES  AND  ASSOCIATIONS.  The  principal  Socie- 
ties and  Associations  are  located  as  follows : 

Actuarial  Society,  21  Cortlandt  street;  American  Bib/*  Society, 
6  Bible  House;  American  Church  Missionary  Society,  281  Fourth 
avenue;  American  Dialect  Society,  41  East  Forty-ninth  street; 
American  Fine  Arts  Society,  215  West  Fifty-seventh  street; 
American  Geographical  Society,  11  West  Twenty-ninth  street; 

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American  Institute,  113  West  Thirty-eighth  street;  American 
Missionary  Association,  108  Bible  House;  American  Kindergarten 
Society,  70  Fifth  avenue;  American  Numismatic  and  Archaeologi- 
cal Society,  17  West  Forty-third  street;  A  merican  Protective  Tariff 
League,  135  West  Twenty-third  street;  American  Seamen  s  Friend 
Society,  76  Wall  street;  American  Society  for  the  Prevention  of 
Cruelty  to  Animals,  10  East  Twenty-second  street;  American  So- 
ciety 0/ Church  History,  14  East  Thirty-first  street;  American  So- 
ciety 0/  Civil  Engineers,  127  East  Twenty-third  street;  American 
Society  0/  Scenic  Painters,  1215  Broadway;  American  Sunday- 
school  Union,  xu  Fifth  avenue;  American  Tract  Society,  corner 
Nassau  and  Spruce  streets;  American  Unitarian  Society,  104  East 
Twentieth  street;  American  Water-color  Society,  53  East  Twenty- 
third  street;  American  and  Foreign  Christian  Union,  108  Bible 
House;  Architectural  League,  215  West  Fifty-seventh  street;  Art 
Students'  League,  215  West  Fifty-seventh  street;  Aryan  Theosophi- 
cal  Society,  144  Madison  avenue;  Association  for  Befriending 
Children  and  Young  Girls,  136  Second  avenue;  Association  for 
the  Improved  Instruction  of  Deaf  Mutes,  912  Lexington  avenue; 
Bar  Association  of  City  of  New  York,  West  Forty-fourth  street, 
near  Sixth  avenue;  Beethoven  Moennerchor,  210  Fifth  street;  Blue 
Anchor  Society,  W.  N.  R.  A.,  105  East  Twenty-second  street; 
Charity  Organization  Society,  105  East  Twenty-second  street;  Chil- 
dren s  Aid  Society,  105  East  Twenty-second  street;  Christian  Aid 
to  Employ  Society,  21  Bible  House;  Christian  Alliance,  692  Eighth 
avenue;  Church  Univ.  Board  of  Regents,  29  Lafayette  place; 
City  Improvement  Society,  12  East  Twenty-third  street;  City  Vigi- 
lance League,  105  East  Twenty-second  street;  Cong.  Home  Mission- 
ary Society,  34  Bible  House;  Cooper  Union,  for  Advancement  of 
Science  and  Art,  Eighth  street  and  Fourth  avenue;  Domestic  and 
Foreign  Missionary  Society  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church, 
283  Fourth  avenue;  Evangelical  Alliance,  105  East  Twenty-second 
street;  Freundschaft  Society,  Seventy-second  street  and  Park 
avenue;  Gaelic  Society,  64  Madison  avenue;  German  Liederkranz, 
m  East  Fifty-eighth  street;  German  Society,  13  Broadway;  Helping 
Hand  Association,  229  East  Fifty-ninth  street;  Holland  Society,  T. 
M.  Banta,  Secretary,  348  Broadway;  Home  and  Foreign  Missionary 


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Society  of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church.  61  Bible  House;  Hospital  Saturday 
and  Sunday  Association,  105  East  Twenty-second  street;  Huguenot 
Society,  105  East  Twenty-second  street;  Humane  Association,  165 
West  Twenty-third  street;  Industrial  Christian  Alliance,  170 
Bleecker  street;  International  Missionary  Alliarnc,  6qo  Eighth 
avenue;  International  Order  of  the  King's  Daughters  and  Sons, 
156  Fifth  avenue;  Irish  Emigrant  Society,  51  Chambers  street; 
Irish  National  Federation,  26  Cooper  Union;  Jewelers'  Relief  As- 
sociation, 12  Maiden  Lane;  Ladies  Art  Association,  23  East  Four- 
teenth street;  Ladies'  Christian  Union,  27  Washington  square. 
North;  Linneean  Society,  Central  Park,  West,  corner  West 
Seventy-seventh  street;  Methodist  Historical  Society,  150  Fifth 
avenue;  Missionary  Society,  Chelsea  square;  National  Christian 
League  for  Promotion  of  Social  Purity,  33  East  Twenty-second 
street;  National  Citizens' Alliance.  41  Park  Row;  National  Humane 
Alliance,  287  Fourth  avenue;  National  League  for  the  Protection 
of  American  Institutions,  1  Madison  avenue;  National  Philatelical 
Society,  26  Bible  House;  National  Sculpture  Society,  37  West 
Twenty-second  street;  National  Society  of  New  England  Women, 
332  West  Eighty-seventh  street;  Natural  Science  Association,  114 
Fifth  avenue;  New  England  Society,  George  Wilson,  Secretary,  32 
Liberty  street;  Ne-v  York  Academy  of  Science,  41  East  Forty-ninth 
street;  New  York  Association  of  Working  Girls'  Societies,  244  West 
Twenty-sixth  street;  New  York  Association  for  Improving  the  con- 
dition of  the  Poor,  105  East  Twenty-second  street,  33  West  125th 
street;  New  York  Bible  Society,  66  Bible  House;  New  York  City 
Church  Extension  and  Missionary  Society  of  M.  E.  Church,  150 
Fifth  avenue;  New  York  City  Mission  and  Tract  Society,  105  East 
Twenty-second  streel;  New  York  Dorcas  Society,  corner  West 
Twenty-ninth  street  and  Fifth  avenue;  New  York  Flower  and 
Fruit  Mission,  104  East  Twentieth  street;  New  York  Genealogical 
and  Biographical  Society,  23  West  Forty-fourth  street,  226  West 
Fifty-eighth  street;  New  York  Historical  Society,  170  Second 
avenue;  New  York  Kindergarten  Association,  105  East  Twenty- 
second  street;  New  York  Ladies'  Home  Missionary  Society,  63 
Park  street;  New  York  Law  Institute,  116  Postoffice  Building; 
"*w  York  Mcennerchor  Society,  203  East  Fifty-sixth  street;  New 


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York  Practical  Aid  Society,  246  West  Thiity-seventh  street;  New 
York  Scengerbundc,  138  East  Fifty-seventh  street;  New  York 
Scottish  Celtic  Society,  34  Union  Square  East;  New  York  Scottish 
Society,  241  Fifth  avenue;  New  York  Society  for  the  E>:forccment 
of  the  Criminal  Law,  106  Fulton  street;  New  York  Society  for  the 
Prevention  0/  Cruelty  to  Children,  297  Fourth  avenue;  New  York 
Society  for  the  Suppression  0/  I'ice,  41  Park  Row;  New  York  So- 
ciety 0/  Pedagogy,  6  East  Forty-second  street;  New  York  Sunday- 
school  Association,  10  East  Twenty-third  street;  New  York  Typo- 
graphical Society,  106  Fulton  street;  New  Yerk  Zoological  Society, 
214  Broadway;  Norwegian  Society,  192  Third  avenue;  Ohio  Society, 
236  Fifth  avenue;  Old  Guard,  84  Fifth  avenue;  Oratorio  Society* 
Seventh  avenue,  near  Fifty-sixth  street;  Orphan  Asylum  Society, 
Riverside  avenue  and  West  Seventy-third  street;  Patriotic  League, 
230  West  Thirteenth  street;  Philharmonic  Society,  Carnegie  Hall; 
Police  Veteran  Association,  1158  Broadway;  Prison  Association,  135 
East  Fifteenth  street;  Protestant  Episcopal  Society  /or  the  Promo- 
tion 0/  Evangelical  Knowledge,  2  Bible  House;  Provident  Loan 
Society,  279  Fourth  avenue;  St.  Andrew's  Society,  105  East  Twenty- 
second  street,  287  East  Broadway;  St.  David's  Society,  105  East 
Twenty-second  street;  St.  George's  Society,  2  Washington  street; 
St.  Vincent  de  Paul  Society,  2  Lafayette  place;  Scientific  Alliance, 
0/ New  York,  41  East  Forty-ninth  street;  Sevevth  Regiment  Veter- 
ans, 751  Fifth  avenue;  Society  for  Ethical  Culture,  669  Madison 
avenue;  Society  for  Instruction  in  First  Aid  to  the  Injured,  105 
East  Twenty-second  street;  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Crime, 
105  East  Twenty-second  street;  Society  for  the  Reformation  of 
Juvenile  Delinquents,  Randall's  Island;  Society  for  the  Relief  of 
Half  Orphans  and  Destitute  Children,  110  Manhattan  avenue; 
Society  of  A  me*  ican  Artists,  215  West  Fifty-seventh  street;  Society 
of  Humanity,  >S  Lafayette  place;  State  Charities  A  id  Association, 
105  East  Twenty-second  street;  Symphony  Society,  Seventh  avenue, 
near  West  Fifty-sixth  street;  Tammany  Society,  143  East  Four- 
teenth street;  Tar  iff  Association,  32  Nassau  street;  Teachers'  As- 
sociation, 125  West  Fifty-fourth  street;  Technical  Society,  155  East 
Fifty-eighth  street;  Unitarian  Society,  146  East  Sixteenth  street; 
United  Hebrew  Charities,  128  Second  avenue;  United  States  Army 


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A  id  Association,  82  Nassau  street;  Unix<ersity  Settlement  Society, 
26  Dclancey  street;  Veteran  Firemen's  A  ssociation,  131  West  Four- 
teenth street;  Wagner  Society,  corner  Seventh  avenue  and  Fifty- 
sixth  street;  White  Cross  Society,  224  Waverly  place;  Woman's 
Auxiliary  Board  Missions,  283  Fourth  avenue;  Women's  Prison 
Association.  110  Second  avenue;  Wori-ingwomen's  Society,  312 
West  Fifty-fourth  street;  Young  Men's  Christian  Association, 
main  office,  40  East  Twenty-third  street;  Young  Men's  Christian 
Union,  700  Westchester  avenue,  Young  Men  s  Hebrew  Association, 
in  East  Fifty  ninth  street;  Young  Women  s  Christian  Association, 
7  East  Fifteenth  street. 

LIBRARIES*  These  are  numerous  and  valuable.  The  prin- 
cipal ones  are  as  follows  . 

Academy  0/ Medicine,  17  West  Forty-third  street;  open  10  a.m. 
to  10  p.m.,  except  Sundays  and  holidays.  Aguilar  Free  Library, 
113  East  Fifty-ninth  street,  176  East  noth  street,  197  East  Broad- 
way, 624  Fifth  street;  open  daily,  except  Saturdays  a.m.  to  9  p.m., 
American  Institute,  1 1 1  West  Thirty-eighth  street;  open  g  A.M.  to 
6  p.m.;  §10  initiation  fee  and  $5  per  annum.  American  Museum  0/ 
Natural  History,  Central  Park  West,  corner  West  Seventy-seventh 
street.  American  Numismatic  and  Archaeological  Society,  17 
West  Forty-third  street.  Astor,  40  Lafayette  place;  free;  open, 
except  Sundays  and  holidays,  in  summer,  9  a.m.  to  5  p.m.;  winter, 
9  a.m.  to  4  p.m.  Broome  street,  395  Broome  street;  free;  open 
Tuesdays,  Wednesdays,  and  Fridays,  4  to  9  p.m.  Brotherhood  0/ 
Andrew  and  Philip,  1156  Ogden  avenue.  Bryson,  West  120th 
street,  near  Boulevard,  open  8  30  a.m.  to  5  p.m.;  Saturday,  8.30  a.m. 
to  1  p.m.  Cathedral.  123  East  Fiftieth  street;  open  daily,  except 
Sunday,  9  A.M.  to  9  p.m.  City,  12  City  Hall;  free;  open  10  a.m.  to 
4  p.m.  College  Settlement  Association,  95  Rivington  street;  open 
on  Wednesday  from  3.30  to  5  p.m.  and  7.30  to  9  p.m.;  on  Saturday, 
9  A.M.  to  12  noon.  Columbia  University,  41  E.  Forty-ninth  street. 
Cooper  Union,  Eighth  street  and  Fourth  avenue;  open  8  a.m.  to  10 
p.m.  De  Witt  Memorial,  286  Rivington  street.;  open  Monday, 
Thursday,  and  Saturday,  3  to  8  p.m.  Free  Circulating,  Church 
of  the  Holy  Communioh,  49  West  Twentieth  street;  open  2  p.m.  to 
9  p.m.;   Sundays,  3.30  to  5  p.m.;  Saturdays,  9  a.m.  to 6.30  p.m. 

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Harlem,  32  West  123d  street;  open  9  a.m.  to  9  p.m.  Harlem  Law, 
100  West  125th  street;  open  8  a.m.  Historical  Society,  170  Second 
avenue;  open  9  a.m.  to  6  p.m.,  except  during  August  and  on  holi- 
days. Homeopathic  Medical,  Avenue  A,  near  East  Si>ty-third 
street;  open  10  a.m.  to  5  p.m.,  excepting  Sundays  and  holidays. 
Huntington  Free  Library,  Westchester  avenue,  Westchester;  open 
daily,  except  Sunday,  9  a.m.  to  10  p.m.;  on  Sundays  from  2  to  9  p.m. 
Law  Institute,  116  Postoffice  Building;  open  9  a.m.  to  10  p.m.;  free, 
except  to  the  profession.  La-v  Library  of  the  Equitable  Life 
Assurance  Society,  120  Broadway,  open  c,  a.m.  to  7  p.m.  Lenox, 
895  Fifth  avenue;  open  10  a.  m.  to  5  p.m.  Loan  Libraries  for  Ships 
76  Wall  street;  Masonic,  75  West  Twenty  third  street;  open  7  to 
10.30  l'.M.  Maimonides,  203  East  Fifty-seventh  street;  open  9  a.m. 
to  9  p.m.;  Saturdays,  7  to  10  p.m.;  Sundays,  9  A.M.  to  4  p.m.  Me- 
chanical Engineers ' ,  12  West  Thirty-first  street;  open  daily,  except 
Sundays,  10  a.m.  to  10  p.m.  Mercantile,  Astor  place;  426  Fifth 
avenue;  120  Broadway;  open  8.30  a.m.  to  9  p.m.;  rates:  Clerks,  $4 
per  annum;  others,  $5.  Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art,  Central 
Park  and  East  Eight-ysecond  street.  Mott  Memorial,  free  medi- 
cal, 64  Madison  avenue;  open  10  a.m.  to  5  p.m.  New  York  Free 
Circulating,  49  Bond  street;  135  Second  avenue;  251  West  Thir- 
teenth street;  49  West  Twentieth  street;  226  West  Forty-second 
street;  816  Amsterdam  avenue;  18  East  125th  street;  open  9  a.m.  to 
9  p.m.;  Sundays,  4  to  9  p.m.  New  York  Hospital,  6  West  Sixteenth 
street;  open  10  a.m.  to  5  p.m.,  except  Sundays  and  holidays.  New 
York  Library,  Astor,  Lenox,  and  Tilden  Foundations,  40  Lafa- 
yette place:  805  Fifth  avenue.  New  York  Port  Society,  46  Cath- 
arine street;  open  9  a.m.  to  10  p.m.  New  York  Society,  107  Univer- 
sity place,  open  9  a.m.  to  6  p.m.;  reading-room  open  9  a.m.  tog 
p.m.;  $10  and  $15  per  annum.  Olivet  Memorial,  59  Second  street; 
open  8  a.m.  tog  p.m.  Produce  Exchange,  open  9  a.m.  to  4  p.m.  Prot- 
estant Episcopal  Church  Mission  Society  for  Seamen,  21  Coenties 
slip.  Riverdale,  Riverdale,  open  Monday, Wednesday,  Friday,  and 
Saturday,  8  to  10  p.m.;  Wednesday  and  Friday,  2  to  4  p.m.  River- 
side Free,  259  West  Sixty-ninth  street.  St.  Agnes 's  Free,  121  West 
Ninety-first  street;  open  10  a.m.  to  12  m.,  and  4  to6  p.m.;  on  Tuesday 
and  Saturday,  8  to  9  p.m.;  St.  Aloysius's,  208  East  Fourth  street; 


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open  Tuesdays  and  Thursdays,  7.30  to  9  p.m.  St.  Barnabas  s,  }8 
Bleecker  street;  open  7  to  10  P.M.  5/.  MichacVs,  223  West  Ninety- 
ninth  street;  open  Tuesday,  7  to  0  9.M.\  Friday,  3  to  J  p.m.  Sea- 
men's, 34  Pike  street;  free;  open  10  a.m.  to  10  p.m.  University  Law 
and  Pedagogy,  University  Building,  Washington  square  East; 
open  9  a.m.  to  q  KM;,  except  Sundays  and  holidays.  Washington 
Heights,  Amsterdam  avenue,  near  15'Ah  street;  free;  open  9  a  m.  to 
12  If.,  and  1.30  to  g  p.m.,  except  Sundays  and  holidays,  W.bster, 
foot  East  Seventy-sixth  street;  open  2  to  10  p.m.  Woman  s 
Library,  19  Clinton  place;  open  9  a.m.  to  4  P.M.;  per  annum. 

Young  Men* i  Christian  Association,  52  East  Twenty-third  street; 
1-3  Bowery;  112  West  Twenty-rirst  street;  14-'  Second  avenue;  312 
East  Eighty-sixth  street;  129  Lexington  avenue;  s  West  123th 
street;  361  Madison  avenue;  foot  West  Seventy-second  street;  West 
155th  street,  near  Boulevard;  open  S.  }o  a.m.  to  10  p.m.,  and  on  Sun- 
days from  2  to  10  p.m.;  $5  per  annum.  Young  Women's  Christian 
Association.  7  East  Fifteenth  street;  open  9  a.m.  to  9.15  p.*-<  Sun- 
days excepted. 

HOSPITALS.  The  leading  hospitals  are  located  as  follows: 
American  Vetirinary,  141  West  Fifty  fourth  street;  Babies  ,  659 
Lexington  avenue;  Bellevue,  foot  East  Twenty-sixth  street,  Beth 
Israel,  206  East  Broadway,  Central  Park  Sh<U  *>i*m,  1  West 
Ninety-seventh  Street;  Church  Infirmary  and  Dispensary  0/  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  465  West  Thirty-fourth  street.  Col- 
ored Home  and  Hospital,  First  avenue,  corner  Sixty-fifth  street; 
Columbus,  226  East  Twentieth  street;  Emergency  for  Women,  223 
E2St  Twenty-sixth  street;  Flower.  Avenue  A.  corner  East  Sixty- 
third  street;  Fordham  Reception,  2456  Valentine  avenue.  French 
Benerolent  Society,  320  West  Thirty-fourth  street;  German.  East 
Seventy-seventh  street,  corner  Park  avenue;  Gouverneur.  Gouver- 
neur  slip,  corner  Front  street;  Hahnemann,  Park  avenue,  near 
Sixty-seventh  street;  Harlem,  533  East  120th  street;/.  Hood  Wright 
Memorial  Hospital.  503  West  131st  street;  Laura  Franklin,  Free 
Hospital  for  Children,  17  East  inth  street;  Lebanon,  Westchester 
avenue,  near  Cauldwell  avenue;  Loomis  (for  consumptives).  230 
West  Thirty-eighth  street;  Manhattan  Eye  and  Ear,  103  Park 
avenue;  Maternity.  East  Sixty-ninth  street,  corner  Third  avenue; 

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Maternity  Hospital  of  the  New  York  Mothers'  Home  of  the  Sisters 
of  Miscricorde,  531  East  Eighty-sixth  street;  Metropolitan  Throat, 
351  West  Thirty-fourth  street;  Mothers'  and  Babies\  148  East 
Thirty  fifth  street;  Mt.  Sinai,  Lexington  avenue,  corner  East 
Sixty-sixth  street;  New  Amsterdam  Eye  and  Ear,  212  West 
Thirty-eighth  street;  New  York,  7  West  Fifteenth  street;  New 
York  Cancer,  2  West  106th  street;  New  York  College  of  Veterinary 
Surgeons,  154  East  Fifty-seventh  street;  New  York  Eye  and  Ear 
Infirmary,  218  Second  avenue;  New  York  Infirmary  for  Women 
and  Children,  5  Livingston  place;  New  York  Medical  College  and 
Hospital  for  Women,  213  West  Fifty-fourth  street;  New  York 
Ophthalmic  and  A  ural  Institute,  46  East  Twelfth  street;  NewYo'k 
Ophthalmic,  201  East  Twenty-third  street;  New  York  Orthopedic, 
126  East  Fifty-ninth  street;  New  York  Polyclinic,  214  East  Thirty- 
fourth  street;  New  York  Post-Graduate,  301  East  Twentieth  street; 
Nezu  York  Red  Cross,  233  West  100th  street;  New  York  Sanitarium, 
247  West  Forty-ninth  street;  New  York  Skin  and  Cancer,  243  East 
Thirty-fouyth  street;  New  York  Society  for  the  Relief  of  the  Rup- 
tured and  Crippled,  135  East  Forty-second  street;  New  York 
Throat  and  Njse,  244  East  Fifty-ninth  street:  Nursery  and  Child's, 
571  Lexington  avenue;  Old  Marion  Street  Maternity,  132  Second 
avenue;  Pasteur  Institute,  1  West  Ninety-seventh  street;  Presby- 
terian, Seventieth  street,  near  Park  avenue;  Riverside,  North 
Brother  Island;  Riverside  {Reception),  foot  East  Sixteenth  street; 
Roosevelt,  West  Fifty-ninth  street,  near  Ninth  avenue;  St.  An- 
drew's Convalescent  Hospital  for  Women,  213  East  Seventeenth 
street;  St.  Andrew's  Infirmary  for  Women,  108  East  128th  street; 
St.  Anns'  Maternity,  130  East  Sixty-ninth  street;  St.  Elizabeth's, 
22s  West  Thirty-first  street;  St.  Francis's,  609  Fifth  street;  St. 
John's  Guild  Free  Hospital  for  Children,  155  West  Sixty-first 
street;  St.  John's  Guild  Floating  Hospital  for  Children,  office,  501 
Fifth  avenue;  St.  Joseph' s,  East  143d  street,  corner  Brook  avenue; 
St.  Joseph' s  Infirmary ,  East  Eighty-second  street,  near  Madison 
avenue;  St.  Luke,s,  Amsterdam  avenue,  corner  West  113th  street; 
St.  Mark's,  177  Second  avenue;  St.  Mary's  Free  Hospital  for 
Children,  407  West  Thirty-fourth  street;  St.  Vincent's,  153  West 
Eleventh  street;  Sanitarium  for  Hebrew  Children,  124  East  Four- 


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teenth  street;  Seton  (/or  Consumptives),  Spuyten  Duyvil;  Sloane 
Maternity,  West  Fifty-ninth  street,  corner  Amsterdam  avenue; 
Society  of  Lying-in  Hospital.  251  East  Seventeenth  street;  314 
Broome  street;  Trinity  Hospital,  50  Varick  >treet;  United  States 
Marine  (office,  Battery);  Willard  Parker,  foot  East  Sixteenth 
street;  Woman's  East  Fiftieth  street,  corner  Park  avenue; 
Woman's  Infirmary  and  Maternity  Home,  247  West  Forty-ninth 
street. 

BHOPPIHG  DISTRICT.  Let  us  now  retrace  our  steps 
to  23d  st.  and  thence  investigate  the  retail  shopping  district. 
Westward  it  reaches  to  6th  ave.,  and  northward  to  42d  st.  It 
contains  most  of  the  theaters  and  places  of  amusement  (see 
Chapter  II),  and  affords  a  would-be  purchaser  the  choice  of 
rich  wares,  whether  they  be  from  silken  Samarcand  or  sultry 
South  Africa.  Here  are  the  jewelers,  florists,  art  furniture 
dealers,  art  dealers,  retail  bookstores,  candy  stores,  and  all 
such  similar  stores. 

SIXTH  AVEXIE,  however,  from  its  very  accessibility  is 
the  heart  of  the  shopping  district.  Here  the  fair  or  the 
sterner  sex,  descending  from  the  Sixth  Avenue  Elevated 
Railroad,  or  alighting  from  a  horse-car,  finds  that  vast  em- 
porium of  commerce,  The  Big  Store  of  Siegel-Cooper  Co. 
There  are  obvious  advantages  to  the  out-of-town  visitor  in 
dealing  with  such  a  complete  and  up-to-date  department  store 
as  the  Big  Store.  In  the  first  place,  all  his  wants  are  within 
four  walls;  he  is  troubled  with  no  parcels,  if  his  purchases 
are  extensive,  by  a  system  of  transfers,  he  can  proceed 
from  one  floor  to  another,  from  one  department  to  the  next, 
purchasing  as  he  goes,  paying  the  total  amount  of  all  his  pur- 
chases in  one  payment,  and  having  the  entire  result  deliv- 
ered to  his  house.  Then,  does  he  or  she  desire  to  rest  and 
refresh  the  inner  man,  the  restaurant  is  within  the  building. 
Is  the  visitor  indisposed— a  doctor  is  at  hand.  Do  his  teeth 
require  attention— an  expert  dentist  is  ready  with  his  ser- 
vices. A  banking  department  will  conduct  his  financial  af- 
fairs; and  last,  but  most  important  of  all,  as  he  deals  for  spot 


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cash  with  the  greatest  of  spot-cash  buyers  and  sellers,  his 
pocketbook  will  be  heavier  when  he  concludes  than  if  he  had 
dealt  for  credit  or  elsewhere. 


CHAPTER  V 


THE  PARKS,  BOULEVARDS,  AND 
DRIVES. 

PARKS.  Many,  extensive,  and  very  beautiful  are  the 
parks  of  Greater  New  York.  Nearly  fifty  in  number,  they 
vary  in  size  from  the  little  "  breathing  spaces,"  like  Bowling 
Green  or  Jeannette  Park,  to  the  862  acres  of  Central  Park, 
or  the  almost  equal  area  of  Prospect  Park  in  the  Borough 
of  Brooklyn.  A  list  of  the  principal  parks,  with  their  lo- 
cations, is  as  follows: 

Battery,  foot  of  Broadway  ;  Bowling  Green,  foot  of  Broadway  j 
Bronx,  on  Bronx  River,  north  of  Kingsbridge  road  and  east  of 
Southern  Boulevard  ;  Bryant,  between  5th  and  6th  aves.  and  W. 
40th  and  \V.  42d  sts.  ;  Cedar,  bounded  by  Sedgwick  ave.,  Juliet 
St.,  Walton  and  Matt  aves.  ;  City  Hail  Park,  Broadway.  Mail  St., 
Park  Row  and  Chambers  st.  ;  Claremont,  bounded  by  Elliott  and 
Walnut  sts,  Anthony  and  Fleetwood  aves.,  in  the  24th  Ward  ; 
Corlears  Hook,  bounded  by  Corlears,  Jackson,  Cherry,  and  South 
sts.  ;  Crotona,  east  of  3d  ave.,  south  of  Tremont  ave.  and  175th  St.. 
east  of  Boston  road  and  north  of  the  23d  Ward  line  ;  East  River 
Park,  between  ave.  B  and  East  River  and  north  of  E.  84th  st. ; 
High  Bridge  Park,  bounded  by  Harlem  River,  Amsterdam  ave., 
W.  170th  and  W.  175th  sts.  ;  Jeannette  Park.  Coenties  Slip, 
between  Front  and  South  sts.  ;  Madison  Square,  between  5th 
and  Madison  aves.  and  E.  23d  and  E.  26th  sts.  ;  Morningsidc 
Park,  between  Manhattan,  gth,  and  Morningside  aves.  and  W. 
110th  and  W.  123d  sts.  ;  Mount  Morris  Park,  between  Madison 
and  Mt.  Morris  aves.  and  120th  and  124th  sts.  •  Pelham  Bay,  on 
Long  Island  Sound  and  East  Chester  Bay  ;  Riverside  Park, 
between  Riverside  and  12th  aves.,  and  W.  72d  and  W.  129th  sts.  ; 
Rutgers  Park,  foot  Rutgers  st.  ;  St.  Mary's  Park,  Morrisania  ; 
Stuyvesant  Square,  between  Rutherford  and  Livingston  places, 
and  E  15th  and  E.  17th  sts.  ;  Tompkins  Square,  between  Aves. 
A  and  B  and  E.  7th  and  E.  10th  sts.  ;    Union  Square,  beween 


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Broadway  and  4th  ave.  and  E.  14th  and  E.  17th  sts.  ;  Van  Cort- 
landt  Park,  east  side  of  Broadway,  just  below  the  line  of 
the  city  of  Yonkers  j  Washington  Square,  between  Wooster 
and  Macdougal  sts.  and  Waverly  pi.  and  \Y.  4th  st. 

The  new  parks  laid  out  in  the  Twenty-third  and  Twenty- 
fourth  wards  contain  1,831.40  acres. 

The  total  area  of  parks  and  parkways  recently  acquired 
north  of  the  Harlem  River  is  3,843.39  acres.  The  cost  was 
$9,969,603.04. 

(  i:\TRAL  PARK,  the  principal  and  most  beautiful  park 
of  Greater  New  York,  requires,  with  Prospect  Park,  a  more 
extended  description.  It  extends  from  59th  st.  to  ncth  st., 
being  over  2V0  miles  long,  and  from  5th  ave.  to  8th  ave.,  being 
over  half  a  mile  wide.  It  covers  862  acres,  of  which  185  are 
in  lakes  and  9  miles  of  road,  5*4  of  bridle  paths,  and  281/4  of 
walks.  The  landscape  architects  of  the  park  were  Frederick 
Law  Olmsted  and  Calvert  Yaux.  Public  park  carriages  can 
be  found  (except  in  winter)  at  the  entrances  of  5th  ave.  and 
8th  ave.  The  fare  for  an  extended  ride  through  the  park  is 
2$  cents.  Work  was  begun  on  the  park  in  1857.  The  fol- 
lowing fanciful  names  have  been  officially  applied  to  the 
several  entrances  to  the  park;  5th  ave.  and  59th  St.,  Scholars' 
■Gate;  6th  ave.  and  59th  st.,  Artists'  Gate;  7th  ave.  and  59th 
st..  Artisans'  Gate;  8th  ave.  and  59th  St.,  Merchants'  Gate; 
8th  ave.  and  726  St.,  Women's  Gate;  8th  ave.  and  81  st  st.. 
Hunters'  Gate;  8th  ave.  and  85th  st.,  Mariners'  Gate;  8th 
ave.  and  96th  St.,  Gate  of  All  Saints;  8th  ave.  and  100th  St., 
Boys'  Gate;  8th  ave.  and  110th  st.,  Strangers'  Gate;  5th  ave. 
and  67th  st.,  Students'  Gate;  5th  ave.  and  72d  St.,  Children's 
Gate;  5th  ave.  and  79th  st.,  Miners'  Gate;  5th  ave.  and  90th 
st.,  Engineers'  Gate;  5th  ave.  and  96th  St.,  Woodmen's  Gate; 
5th  ave.  and  i02d  st.,  Girls'  Gate;  5th  ave.  and  110th  st.,  Pio- 
neers' Gate;  6th  ave.  and  noth  st.,  Farmers'  Gate;  7th  ave. 
and  110th  St.,  Warriors'  Gate. 

The  sights  of  the  nark  are  numerous,  and  include  the 
Mall,  with  its  statues;  the  lakes,  dotted  with  boats  in  summer 


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and  with  skaters  in  winter;  the  Menagerie,  the  American 
Museum  of  Natural  History,  the  Drive,  and  the  Metropolitan 
Museum  of  Art  (admission  free,  hand-books  10  cents;. 

Ml  SKIM  OF  ART.  This  is  opposite  the  8ist  st.  en- 
trance to  the  park,  and  can  be  reached  by  the  5th  ave.  stages 
(see  Chapter  IV.),  the  Madison  ave.  electric  car  line,  or  by 
the  park  carriages.  The  collections  are  varied  and  extremely 
valuable.  On  the  first  floor  are  located  the  Halls  of  Casts 
of  Ancient  Sculpture,  Egyptian  Antiquities,  Ancient  Statu- 
ary, Architectural  Casts,  Sculptural  Casts,  Carved  Wood,  and 
Glass  and  Ancient  Pottery. 

On  the  second  floor  the  visitor  finds  the  Paintings.  The 
old  masters  are  well  represented  by  numerous  examples, 
while  among  the  masterpieces  of  modern  painters  the  visitor 
will  notice  Kaulbach's  "  Crusaders  before  Jerusalem,"  Bidas' 
"  Massacre  of  the  Mamelukes,"  Breton's  "  Religious  Pro- 
cession in  Brittany,"  Piloty's  "  Thusnelda  at  the  Triumph  of 
Germanicus,"  Rosa  Bonheur's  famed  "  Horse  Fair  "  (cost 
$53.5°o).  Detaille's  "Defense  of  Champigny";  Meissonier's 
"  Friedland  1807,"  and  many  other  famous  pictures.  Oriental 
art  is  well  represented,  and  the  entire  museum  is  worthy  of 
careful  inspection. 

Outside  the  museum,  and  to  the  eastward,  stands  the 
Obelisk,  familiarly  known  as  Cleopatra's  Needle.  This  obe- 
lisk is  69  feet  high  and  weighs  220  tons.  The  inscriptions, 
dedicating  it  to  Egyptian  gods,  prove  its  date  to  be  about 
thirteen  years  B.C. 

PROSPECT  PARK,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  is 
almost  equal  in  size  to  Central  Park.  It  is  reached  by  the 
following  trolley  lines:  From  Fulton  Ferry  or  the  Bridge 
entrance,  Flatbush  ave.  line  (the  most  direct);  Adams  and 
Boerum  pi.  line,  and  Franklin  ave.  line;  from  Hamilton 
(south)  Ferry,  the  Hamilton  ave.  and  Prospect  Park  line; 
and  from  Broadway  (Williamsburg)  Ferry,  the  Nostrand  ave. 
line.  The  distance  is  about  2*4  miles,  more  or  less,  from 
any  of  the  ferries,  but  the  route  from  Fulton  Ferry  or  the 

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Bridge  is  the  most  interesting.    None  of  the  elevated  rail- 
roads go  very  near  the  park. 

Noteworthy  sights  in  Prospect  Park  are,  the  Memorial 
Arch,  statues  of  Lincoln,  Stranahan,  Major  General  W  arren, 
John  Howard  Payne,  and  the  tablet  marking  the  site  of  part 
of  the  Revolutionary  Battle  of  Long  Island.  The  Coney 
Island  bicycle  path  leads  from  the  park  to  the  ocean  at 
Coney  Island.  It  is  well  worth  a  visit,  and  is  nearly  eleven 
miles  long. 

RIVERSIDE  PARK  and  GRANT'S  TOMB  is  reached 
by  the  Boulevard  horse  cars.  Here  stands  a  magnificent 
memorial  of  the  greatest  general  of  the  Civil  War:  "  Old 
Unconditional  Surrender."  Here,  in  a  mausoleum,  modeled 
after  the  resting-place  of  Napoleon,  rests  the  body  of  the 
Nation's  hero.  It  was  dedicated  April  27,  1897,  in  place  of  a 
small  temporary  tomb  which  stood  near  by,  where  Li  Hung 
Chang  planted  a  memorial  tree. 

VAN  CORTLAXDT  PARK,  1,069  acres,  is  reached  by 
the  N.  Y.  and  Putnam  R.  R.,  and  is  well  worth  a  visit.    It  is  I 
one  of  the  wildest  and  most  natural  parks,  has  public  golf 
links  and  a  parade  ground  for  the  National  Guard. 

BOULEVARDS  AND  DRIVES.  They  are  numerous, 
and  very  tastefully  laid  out.  The  principal  are  as  follows: 
The  Boulevard  (5vth  St.  and  8th  ave.  to  167th  st  ),  a  great 
thoroughfare  for  bicyclists,  on  the  road  to  Grant's  Tomb,  and 
with  a  line  of  horsecars  along  it  :  Central  Avenue  (from 
McComb's  Dam  Bridge  to  Jerome  Park  and  Vonkers).  a  fash- 
ionable drive,  generally  thronged  with  rine  equipages ;  St. 
Nicholas  Avenue  (northwest  from  Central  Park  to  Vonkers); 
The  Speedway  (for  fast  horses,  now  under  construction  from 
155th  st.  to  Fort  George,  along  the  east  bank  of  the  Harlem 
River).  In  addition  to  these,  tine  drives  are  to  be  found  on  the 
Kingsbridge  road,  Southern  Boulevard,  Lexington  ave.,  and 
West  End  ave.,  in  the  boroughs  of  Manhattan  and  Bronx,  and 
on  the  famed  Meirick  road  on  Long  Island. 


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CHAPTER  VI. 


THREE  DAYS'  SIGHTSEEING. 

NBCBSSIT1  OF  SYSTEM.  To  the  country  visitor, 
with  three  days  at  his  disposal  for  sightseeing,  the  necessity 
of  a  well-considered  system  or  plan  will  be  self  evident.  Fur 
the  benefit  of  such  a  one,  the  following  route  is  suggested: 
FIRST  DAY.  Start  out  early  from  the  hotel,  and  take 
the  iiroadway  cable  car  or  Elevated  Railroad  to  South 
Ferry.  Visit  Battery  Park  and  the  Aquarium,  and,  above  all, 
take  a  trip  to  the  Statue  of  Liberty  on  Bedloe's  Island.  Then 
return  to  the  Battery  and  visit  the  financial  center  of 
Greater  New  York.  Walk  up  Broadway,  inspect  old  Trinity 
Church  and  its  monuments,  turn  down  Wall  st.,  visiting  the 
Sub-Treasury,  Stock  Exchange  (on  Broad  St.),  and  the 
Custom  House.  Notice  the  lofty  office  buildings,  and  go 
northward  along  Nassau  Bt  to  the  lofty  Pulitzer  Building. 
Ascend  to  the  cupola,  and  the  bird's-eye  view  of  the  city  will 
be  well  worth  the  journey. 

Descending,  walk  to  the  center  of  the  Brooklyn  Bridge,  or, 
if  time  serves,  cross  to  Brooklyn  and  inspect  the  Brooklyn 
City  Hall  and  Henry  Ward  Beecher's  old  church.  Return- 
ing to  New  York,  a  visit  may  be  paid  to  the  City  Hall  of 
Greater  New  York,  and  the  statue  of  Nathan  Hale  in  the 
park.  The  Postoffice  is  close  at  hand,  and  the  Criminal  Court 
and  the  Tombs  are  near  by  in  Centre  st.  More  ample  de- 
tai.s  of  other  sights  are  to  be  found  in  Chapters  I.  and  III. 
Return  by  car  to  the  hotel,  and  visit  a  theater  or  place  of 
amusement  (for  list  see  daily  papers  and  Chapter  II.). 

SECOND  DAY.  Again  starting  in  good  time  the  visitor 
should  take  the  Boulevard  horsecars  to  Grant's  Tomb  (see 
Chapter  Y.)  and  return  to  the  Central  Park  to  explore  its 
manv  beauties  and  to  inspect  the  treasures  of  the  Metro- 
politan Museum  of  Art,  the  Museum  of  Natural  History, 
the  Menagerie,  and  the  Obelisk.  A  drive  round  the  park 
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is  well  worth  the  25  cents.  Returning,  a  visit  may  be  paid 
to  the  Lenox  Library  (70th  st.  and  5th  ave.). 

Then  take  a  stage  coach,  and  traverse  5th  ave.  to  Washing- 
ton Arch  (see  Chapter  IV.).  Visits  can  be  paid  to  Madison 
sq.  and  Union  sq.  to  see  the  Madison  Square  Garden  and 
the  statuary. 

If  it  is  summer  weather,  the  balance  of  the  day  can  well 
be  spent  sailing  down  the  Bay  on  a  Coney  Island  steamer, 
up  the  Hudson  (on  any  of  the  numerous  excursions),  or 
along  the  Sound  to  Glen  Island.  Coney  Island,  with  its 
Bohemian  freedom,  cosmopolitan  assemblage,  and  excellent 
sea-bathing,  has  the  advantage  of  being  near  at  hand.  But 
the  various  excursions  and  nearby  resorts  will  be  found 
fully  described  in  Chapter  VIII.  The  advertisements  in  the 
daily  newspapers  give  the  best  information  of  regular  and 
special  excursions,  and  also  contain  particulars  as  to  time 
and  place  of  starting,  price,  etc. 

THIRD  DAY.  The  business  and  shopping  centers  of 
the  city  will  necessarily  be  included  in  the  sights  of  New 
York.  Let  us  start  on  Broadway  at  426  St.,  and  walk  south- 
ward. Here  are  the  Metropolitan  Opera  House,  the  Casino, 
the  handsome  building  of  the  New  York  "  Herald,"  (notice 
the  presses  and  machinery  through  the  glass  side-windows), 
Herald  Square  Theater,  Koster  and  Bial's  Music  Hall  (on 
34th  st.  west  of  Broadway),  and  Greeley  sq.,  with  the  statue 
of  the  great  editor  of  the  "  Tribune." 

The  stores,  with  an  occasional  theater  or  hotel,  now  oc- 
cupy the  attention.  Every  conceivable  kind  of  goods  is 
displayed.  Let  us  pass  southward,  past  Delmonico's,  the 
Hoffman  House,  and  the  palatial  white  front  of  the  Fifth 
Avenue  Hotel. 

Then  23d  st.  westward,  or  to  the  right  hand,  brings  us  to 
the  shopping  center.  Sixth  ave.  is  reached,  and  southward, 
occupying  the  entire  block  from  2cth  to  19th  sts.,  rises  that 
monument  of  Greater  New  York's  greatest  commercial  en- 
terprise—The Big  Store  of  Siegel-Cooper  Company. 


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To  visit  Greater  New  York  without  inspecting  this,  its 
greatest  store,  would  be  like  playing  Hamlet  with  Hamlet  left 
out  of  the  cast.  The  doors  stand  open,  let  us  pass  in,  for  the 
store  is  a  memorable  sight,  whether  we  purchase  or  not. 
Around  its  beauteous  center  fountain  are  seats  for  the  weary, 
and  light  refreshments  are  to  be  had  at  most  moderate 
prices. 

The  visitor  sits  down  to  watch  the  hurrying  crowds,  and 
to  wonder  at  the  vast  proportions  of  the  building.  Over 
one  and  a  half  million  dollars'  worth  of  merchandise  are 
around  him,  and  of  every  conceivable  kind  that  man's  neces- 
sity requires  or  man's  luxury  fancies. 

In  Chapter  IX.  will  be  found  a  partial  enumeration  of  the 
Big  Store's  many  wonders,  and  in  Chapter  X.  a  directory 
or  finding  list  of  the  myriad  articles  on  sale.  If  the  appetite 
asserts  itself,  a  restaurant  of  model  excellence  and  moderate 
price  is  to  be  found  in  the  basement,  and  an  hour  may  well 
be  passed  discussing  a  dainty  bill  of  fare. 

After  exploring  the  five  vast  floors  of  the  store  (see  dia- 
grams or  ground  plans  to  be  found  among  these  pages) 
the  visitor  can  proceed  northward  toward  the  whole- 
sale districts  on  a  6th  ave.  car  or  the  Elevated  Railroad. 
(For  list  of  these  districts  see  ante.)  A  trip  on  the  Ele- 
vated Railroad  from  South  Ferry  to  the  terminus  of  the  9th 
ave.  road  at  i5Sth  st.  will  be  well  worth  the  S  cents  fare. 
The  track  at  times  is  level  with  the  fifth  story  of  the  houses 
and  passes  over  the  plain  whereon  the  revolutionary  Battle 
of  Harlem  Heights  was  fought. 

A  visit  to  another  theater  or  to  the  Madison  Square  Gar- 
den will  well  conclude  a  long  day's  sightseeing.  In  summer 
the  roof-gardens  offer  an  attractive  method  of  passing  an 
evening,  and  the  open  air  enables  the  lover  of  the  fragrant 
weed  to  smoke  as  he  enjoys  a  vaudeville  performance- 


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CHAPTER  VII. 


WHAT  TO  SEE  IN  A  WEEK'S  VISIT. 

A  W  EEK  I>  GREATER  \EW  YORK  will  give  the 
average  visitor  a  very  fair  knowledge  of  the  metropolis  of 
America's  sights  and  scenes.  Xot  only  can  he  inspect  the 
places  of  interest  mentioned  in  the  preceding  chapter,  but, 
devoting  more  time  to  them,  he  can  also  see  many  other 
notable  sights  in  Gotham.  In  addition  to  this,  more  theaters 
and  places  of  amusement  can  be  visited. 

FIRST  DAY.  Assuming,  therefore,  that  the  visitor  com- 
mences on  a  Monday,  he  may  well  follow  out  the  itinerary 
laid  out  for  the  first  day  in  the  preceding  chapter,  visiting 
the  downtown  part  of  Manhattan  Island,  spending  more  time 
in  Brooklyn,  which,  with  its  800,000  inhabitants,  is  now  a  part 
of  the  metropolis.  There  are  popular  divisions  of  the  city 
called  the  Heights,  South  Brooklyn,  the  Hill,  and  the  East- 
ern District,  or  Williamsburg.  Among  the  features  for  the 
sightseer  are  the  following:  The  Heights,  Prospect  Park, 
Greenwood  Cemetery,  the  Navy  Yard,  Plymouth  Church,  a 
tour  of  the  Elevated  Railroads,  and  the  Brooklyn  Institute's 
new  Museum  at  Prospect  Park. 

The  principal  thoroughfare  is  Fulton  st.,  with  an  eastward 
course.  Half  a  mile  from  the  bridge  is  the  Court  House, 
where  the  "  Beecher  trial  "  took  place;  the  Hall  of  Records, 
next  to  it;  the  Municipal  Building,  and  the  City  Hall.  These 
buildings  are  of  imposing  appearance,  and  in  front  of  them  is 
Ward's  bronze  statue  of  Henry  Ward  Beecher. 

Nearby  are  many  large  business  structures,  office  buildings, 
banks,  theaters,  newspapers,  etc. ;  and  the  principal  shops 
line  Fulton  st.  for  half  a  dozen  blocks  above,  while  Washing- 
ton st.,  two  blocks  south,  near  the  extended  bridge  terminus, 
has  the  new  Federal  Building,  containing  the  Postoffice, 
U.  S.  Courts,  etc.,  the  Eagle  Building,  and  the  Clarendon 
Hotel. 

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BROOK  LYH  THEATERS. 

Brooklyn  are:  Amphion,  Bedford  ave.,  opposite  S.  gt"  ! 
Academy  of  Music.  Montague  ^t..  m .ar  City  Hall;  Columbia, 
Washington  and  Tillary  sts.;  Grand  Opera  House,  Elm  pL, 
near  Fulton  st. ;  Star,  Jay  st.,  near  Fulton  ;  Montauk,  587 
Fulton  st.;  Park,  Fulton  st.,  opposite  City  Hall;  Bijou,  Smith 
and  Livingston  sts.;  Criterion,  Fulton  st.,  near  Grand  ave.; 
Hyde  and  Behman's  Adams  st.,  near  Myrtle  ave.;  Lee 
Avenue  Academy,  Lee,  near  Division  ave.;  Novelty,  Driggs 
ave.,  near  S.  4th  St.,  E.D.;  Gayety,  Broadway  and  Throop 
ave.,  E.D. ;  Empire,  Broadway  and  S.  6th  st.,  E.U. 

BROOKLYN  HOTELS.  The  principal  hotels  of  Brook- 
lyn are  as  follows:  The  Mans/an  House,  the  Pierrepont  House \ 
and  the  Hotel  St.  George,  all  situate  upon  heights. 

Till-:  HEIGHTS  can  be  found  by  walking  down  Monta- 
gue st.  toward  the  river.  Here  are  the  residences  of  many 
of  Brooklyn's  oldest  families,  the  Academy  of  Music,  the 
Art  Association,  the  Brooklyn  Library,  the  Long  Island 
Historical  Society,  and  several  theaters.  Plymouth  Church 
is  on  Orange  st.,  between  Hicks  and  Henry.  It  is  within 
easy  walking  distance  of  either  Fulton  Ferry  or  the  bridge. 
The  great  brick  barn  was  built  in  1847,  and  its  pulpit  was 
occupied  forty  years  by  Mr.  Beecher,  until  his  death  in 
1887. 

Another  noted  Congregational  church  on  the  Heights  is 
the  Church  of  the  Pilgrims,  at  the  corner  of  Henry  and 
Remsen  sts.  Next  to  the  Historical  Society's  building  is 
Holy  Trinity,  the  leading  Episcopal  church  of  Brooklyn, 
while  St.  Ann's  is  only  a  block  or  two  distant. 

PROSPECT  PARK.    See  Chapter  V.,  ante. 

ORBENOTOOD  CEMETERY.  Thii  beautiful  city  of 
the  dead  is  2%  miles  from  the  bridge,  and  is  reached  by  the 
5th  ave.  line  of  the  Brooklyn  Elevated  Railway,  which  has  a 
station  at  the  principal  entrance.  Carriages  make  the  tour 
of  the  cemetery  (charge  25  cents).  The  cemetery  was  opened 
in  1842,  and  about  250,000  burials  have  been  made. 


Among  the  notable  monuments  are:  The  monument  to 
Horace  Greeley,  on  Locust  Hill,  near  Oak  ave.,  erected  by 
the  printers  of  the  country,  the  block  covering  the  remains 
of  Prof.  S.  F.  B.  Morse,  the  inventor  of  the  electric  tele- 
graph; the  Soldier's  Monument;  the  Theater  Fire  Monument, 
underneath  which  rest  the  unrecognized  bodies  of  those 
who  perished  in  the  burning  of  the  Brooklyn  Theater,  in 
December,  1876,  when  over  three  hundred  people  lost  their 
lives;  the  Firemen's  Monument;  the  monument  to  John 
Matthews  is  in  the  form  of  a  canopy  and  spire  above  a 
sarcophagus,  upon  the  top  of  which  lies  a  full-length  marble 
figure  of  the  dead  man.  On  the  tablet  is  a  veiled  female 
figure  typifying  grief.  The  artist  was  Carl  Muller,  and  the 
cost  $3o,occ.  The  Pilot's  Monument,  and  the  "  Sea  Cap- 
tain's Statue  "  (to  Capt.  John  Correja),  holding  the  sextant  he 
used. 

THE  WAVY  YARD.  Visitors  are  sure  to  be  desirous 
of  inspecting  the  U.  S.  Navy  Yard  in  Brooklyn.  It  is  on  the 
Wallabout,  a  basin  from  the  East  River,  where  in  revolu- 
tionary times  was  moored  the  "  Jersey  "  prison  hulk.  It 
is  within  walking  distance  of  Fulton  or  Catharine  ferries, 
or  the  bridge,  but  cars  run  thither  at  frequent  intervals. 

This  is  the  principal  naval  station  in  the  country,  with 
forty-five  acres  in  the  yard  proper,  while  100  more  acres 
belong  to  the  establishment.  The  United  States  Xaval 
Lyceum  is  here,  with  a  fine  library,  and  a  large  collection  of 
curiosities. 

Xear  the  water  are  the  sheds  under  which  the  building 
cf  ships  goes  on,  and  the  shops  where  the  iron  work  is  pre- 
pared. The  monitors  and  ships  of  war  in  the  basin  or  at  the 
wharves  can  be  inspected  by  permission  of  the  officers. 
Other  notable  sights  are  the  steam  cranes,  docks,  Marine 
Hospital,  and  grounds. 

OFFICE  PlILDIYGS.  The  following  particulars  of 
some  of  the  more  prominent  office  buildings  in  the  down- 
town section  will  be  found  useful  by  visitors. 


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EQ1  [TABLE  m  1 1 . 1  > I N  < ■ .  on  Broadway,  between  Cedar 
and  Pine  sts.,  finished  in  1887,  is  a  pile  of  Quincy  granite, 
with  four  imposing  facades,  abounding  in  pillars  and  carv- 
ings. The  high-arched  Broadway  entrance,  22  feet  wide, 
leads  to  the  finest  courtyard  in  America,  100  by  44  feet  in  area, 
with  a  tessellated  pavement,  from  which  rise  lines  of  rose- 
colored  marble  columns  with  onyx  capitals,  upholding  an  en- 
tablature of  polished  red  granite,  above  which  is  a  finely 
arched  roof  of  stained  glass  and  polished  marble.  The  build- 
ing fronts  for  167M.  feet  on  Broadway,  and  cost  $8,000,000. 

M,  ii  \  1 ,  LIFE  INS1  l<  UfCE  Ml  ILDING 
high,  fireproof,  rich  in  marble,  wrought-iron  work,  mahog- 
any. Whittier  elevators,  and  other  architectural  luxuries,  and 
costing  not  far  from  $2,000,000. 

WASHINGTON    BVILDIHG,  Broadway,  Battery 

pL,  and  Greenwich  st.,  built  by  the  financier,  Cyrus  W. 
Field.  It  is  twelve  stories  high,  and  the  observatory-tower 
reaches  an  altitude  of  235  feet  from  the  pavement.  The  top 
of  the  flagstaff  is  higher  than  Trinity  spire  or  the  Liberty 


statue. 

MILLS  Bl  ILDING,  on  Broad  SL,  a  vast  structure,  form- 
ing three  sides  of  a  courtyard.    It  cost  $2,700,000. 

STANDARD  ON-  COMPAN1  >  Bl  ILDING,  on  Broad- 
way, is  the  largest  arble  structure  in  New  York.  Here  is 
the  office  of  William  Rockefeller. 

DRBXEL  BUILDING,  at  Broad  and  Wall  sts..  is  of 
white  marble,  in  Renaissance  architecture,  and  cost  $700,000. 

\I  1)UI<  II  COl  HT.  on  Broadway,  opposite  Exchange 
pi  is  another  palace  of  trade.  It  was  finished  in  1887,  and 
contains  300  offices,  lighted  at  night  by  2,600  Edison  incan- 
descent lights,  and  reached  by  four  Otis  elevators.  It  is  built 
around  a  courtyard.  50  by  70  feet. 

MANHATTAN  BANK  BUILDING,  on  Wall  st.,  near 
Broad  st.,  is  of  polished  gray  granite.    It  was  finished  in 
1885.  and  is  occupied  by  banks,  lawyers,  etc. 
TRINITY   BUILDING,  on  one  of  the  Broadway  sides 

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of  Trinity  Churchyard,  is  a  hive  of  lawyers,  real  estate 
dealers,  etc. 

WESTERN   UNION   TELEGRAPH   HLILDING,  at 

Dey  st.  and  Broadway,  is  of  brick,  granite,  and  marble, 
eight  stories  high,  with  a  tall  tower. 

TEMPLE  COt'RT  is  a  huge  building  160  feet  high, 
erected  at  a  cost  of  $1,200,000,  and  belonging  to  Eugene 
Kelly.  This  is  one  of  a  group  of  buildings  at  the  corner  of 
Nassau  and  Beekman  sts. 

POTTER  BUILDING,  on  the  opposite  corner,  with 
fronts  on  Printing-house  sq.,  Nassau,  and  Beekman  sts.,  is 
of  iron  and  brick,  185  feet  high,  and  cost  $2,500,000. 

MORSE  HLILDIXG,  Nassau  and  Beekman  sts.,  ten 
stories  (165  feet)  high,  is  of  red  and  black  brick,  and  belongs 
to  the  son  and  nephew  of  Professor  S.  F.  B.  Morse.  It  is 
fireproof  and  massive. 

STEWART  HI  ILDING,  at  Broadway  and  Chambers  st., 
of  white  marble,  occupies  the  site  of  the  ancient  negro 
burying-ground,  and  afterward  of  Washington  Hall.  It  was 
erected  for  A.  T.  Stewart. 

SECOND  DAY.  The  visitor  is  advised  to  follow  the 
route  laid  out  in  Chapter  VI.,  ante.  In  addition  to 
this  a  visit  should  be  paid  to  Columbia  College  (near  to 
Riverside  and  Grant's  Tomb),  to  Washington  Bridge  and 
Highbridge,  and,  if  the  weather  is  fine,  to  Van  Cortlandt  or 
Bronx  Parks.  A  visit  may  also,  and  with  advantage,  be  paid 
to  some  of  the  handsome  armories  of  the  National  Guard. 
The  principal  regiments  are  located  as  follows: 

THE  SEVENTH  REGIMENT  ARMORY  covers  the 
entire  block  bounded  by  66th  and  67th  sts.,  and  4th  and 
Lexington  aves.  The  main  drill-room  is  200  by  300  feet. 
The  company  and  veterans'  rooms  are  very  elegantly  fur- 
nished; and  there  are  library,  reception,  and  memorial  rooms 
of  much  beauty.  The  building  is  open  to  visitors.  Two  com- 
panies drill  each  evening.  It  was  built  in  1879,  at  a  cost  of 
$300,000. 


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the  EIGHTH  itiM.lMi.M  LRMOB1 

and  94th  st. 

,  ms  mm  II  M»IlfSll«  MMIOIM  r4th 

Tin:  TWELFTH  REGIMENT   kRMORl         n  9th 

ave..   from  to   6,d    sts..    ponderous,    castellated.  w,th 

heivilv  grated  windows,  loopholed  towers,  and  a  high  castle- 
keep.  Within,  besides  many  company  rooms,  etc.,  is  an 
enormous  drill-room,  handsomely  equipped.  . 

THE  TWE1TT1  SE<  OND  REGIMENT  iRMORl 
a  spacious  and  attractive  structure  on   boulevard  and  67th 

1MF  giXTl  UINTH  REGIME**  iRMORl 

Tompkins  Market,  en  3d  ave..  between  6th  and  7th  s£ 
Th"  is  the  Irish  regiment  that  did  such  noble  service  under 
Col.  Corcoran  in  the  Secession  war.  4iMinR. 

THD  SEVENTH  FIRST  REGIMENT  IBMORI 
at  Tark  ave.  and  34th  st.    This  was  one  of  the  bravest  com- 
mands in  the  battle  of  Bull  Run. 

THIRD  DAY.  The  route  laid  down  in  Chapter  VI.. 
am  may  well  be  followed.  A  visit  should  also  be  paid  to  the 
EDEN  mm,  on  W.  ^  st.,  near  $tta  ave.,  an  attrac- 
dfc  new  building,  containing  wax  portrait-figures  of  many 
famous  men  and  women,  in  life-size,  historical  groups,  a 
Ubt"™  Chamber  of  Horrors,  and  other  interesting 
curiosities.  Almost  all  visiters  to  New  York  include  this 
remarkably  instructive  and  entertaining  sight  in  their  rounds^ 
The  ent nCe  tee  is  fifty  cents;  and  the  collection  is  one  of 
Z :  best  Z  largest  of  the  kind  in  the  world  rivaling  the 
famous  London  wax-works  of  Madame  Tussaud. 

ASTOR  LIBRARY.  A  visit  should  also  be  paid  to  the 
^or  L^brarv  on  Lafayette  pi.,  a  handsome  brownstone 
R^anesque  Llding,  «  feet  containing  jjm- >j£ 

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bule,  with  24  marble  busts;  and  of  the  three  great  halls  above, 
the  center  one  is  for  catalogues  and  delivery,  and  the  others 
for  general  reading.  Some  of  the  departments  of  literature 
are  more  complete  than  in  any  other  American  library, 
and  many  scholars  haunt  the  twilight  alcoves  while  making 
books.  John  Jacob  Astor  left  $400, ceo  to  found  the  library 
withal,  in  1848,  to  which  his  son,  William  B.  Astor,  added 
$550,000,  and  his  grandson,  John  Jacob  Astor,  $330,000.  There 
are  many  Greek  and  Latin  MSS.,  black-letter  volumes,  and 
Shakespeariana.  This  library,  with  the  Lenox  and  Tilden 
foundations,  will  form  the  new  Public  Library  at  426.  st.  and 
5th  ave. 

COOPER  IMOX,  a  brownstone  building  at  the  head  of 
the  Bowery,  is  near  at  hand,  and  covers  an  entire  square, 
containing  free  libraries,  reading-rooms,  lecture  foundations, 
evening  schools  of  design,  engraving,  science,  telegraphy, 
etc.,  and  the  rooms  of  the  American  Geographical  Society. 
It  was  founded  by  Peter  Cooper,  a  wealthy  ironfounder  and 
glue  manufacturer.  He  erected  this  building,  in  1857,  at  a 
cost  of  $630,000,  and  richly  endowed  the  group  of  free  schools 
that  he  founded  here.    The  library  contains  20,000  books. 

FOURTH  DAY.  In  summer  and  pleasant  weather  no 
better  method  can  be  found  for  spending  a  day  than  in  a  trip 
down  the  Bay.  Let  the  visitor  get  up  early  and  take  the 
9  o'clock  boat  for  Red  Bank.  The  trip  has  been  gracefully 
described  by  a  medern  writer  as  follows:  A  toot  of  the 
whistle  and  we  are  off  down  the  river,  past  the  Battery,  and 
before  we  have  made  up  our  minds  which  is  the  shady  side 
of  the  boat,  we  have  passed  Quarantine,  and  are  running 
out  through  the  X  arrows,  with  the  frowning  forts  on  either 
side  cf  us,  and  what  appears  to  be  the  ocean  in  front,  having 
run  through  the  finest  harbor,  in  every  sen=;e.  in  the  world. 
Sheering  off  to  the  right,  we  get  a  glimpse  of  South  Beach, 
the  Coney  Island  of  Richmond  County,  and,  in  a  few 
moments,  are  passing  the  Quarantine  Islands,  and  steaming 
across  the  lower  bay  at  a  lively  gait.    The  city  is  fading  from 


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our  view;  the  domes  and  minarets  of  lower  I  roadway  are 
'  hull  down  the  castles  of  Brighton  Beach  are  hidden  in  the 
haze,  and,  for  aught  we  know,  the  captain  may  be  heading  us 

f°'  Taking  a  seat  at  the  front  of  the  boat,  we  look  out  upon 
a  scene,  strange  and  beautiful.    On  our  nght,  the  H,g  ^ 
studded  with  pines,  and  on  our  left  a  narrow  strip  of  land 
terminating,  about  a  mile  behind  us,  in  Sandy  Hook,  and 
separating  us  from,  but  not  hiding,  the  ocean  beyond  The 
scene,  from  our  places  on  the  upper  deck,  mil  never  be  io, 
gotten.     Pleasure   boats   of  every   descnpt.on   dotted  here, 
there,  and  everywhere.     Sailing,  rowing,  fishing,  and  crab- 
bing  canoes  dodging  in  and  out,  bathers  on  the  beach,  saucy 
little  launches  puffing  away  for  dear  life,  and  a  brigh  ne  s 
over  everything.    We  run  through  the  drawbridge    steer  to 
the  right,  under  the  shadow  of  the  lighthouses-those  guid- 
ng  stars  to  the  mariner,  which  stand  high  up  on  the  edge 
of  the  cliffs-call  for  a  moment  at  the  Highlands,  and  on 
a  n,  to  the  right,  up  the  Navesink,  making  several  more 
stops,  and  reaching  Red  Bank  by  about  noon.    We  can  s  ck 
a  c  «  et  spot  in  the  woods  or  on  the  shore    by  taking :  the 
road  toward  Oceanic,  or  over  the  river,  and  eat  our  lunch 
and  otherwise  disport  ourselves  until  the  boat  r*«r«S The 
boat  doesn't  leave  again  for  four  hours,  and  we  can  take  it 
at  any  of  the  landings  lower  down. 

«  We  go  through  Red  Bank,  with  its  crowd  of  summer 
cottages-mansions  for  the  rich  and  cabins  for  the  poor- 
and  out  among  the  green  fields.  A  walk  o  two  miles  br  ng, 
«S  to  Fairhaven,  and  we  wander  down  by  the  river  exp lonng 
the  shell-covered  beach,  sit  on  an  up-turned  boat  and  eat  our 
lunch.  Some  one  tells  us  it  is  four  miles  to  Oceanic;  what 
5m  The  roads  are  good  and  shady,  our  spirits  are  high 
and  we've  plenty  of  time.  The  walk  to  Oceanic  is  a  treaty 
TVere  are  still  the  same  good  roads  to  tempt  us  on  and 
S  "bright  three  miles  ahead.  We  gradually  leave  the  Nave- 
s"k    and  another  hour  finds  us  crossing  the  Shrewsbury 


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river  at  Seabright,  and  once  again  on  the  narrow  strip  of 
sand,  and  the  ocean  at  our  feet.  From  here  we  can  take  the 
Pleasure  Bay  boat  for  home,  but  the  walk  along  the  shore 
is  tempting,  as  the  breakers  come  rolling  gently  in,  and  in 
twenty  minutes  we  are  down  at  Highland  Beach,  over  the 
swing  bridge  and  back  again  at  the  Highlands,  where  those 
of  us  who  have  any  'grit'  climb  the  hill  to  the  lighthouse, 
and  obtain  a  view  that  alone  is  worth  the  whole  trip.  The 
boat  steams  up  about  5  o'clock,  and  we  take  our  seats,  pre- 
pared to  thoroughly  enjoy  a  two-hours'  rest;  pleased  with 
ourselves,  and  the  chance  that  took  us  there.  A  whole  day 
of  fresh  air  of  the  freshest  kind,  and  exercises  of  the  very 
best  sort." 

FIFTH  DAY.  A  visit  may  well  be  paid  to  some  of  the 
islands  around  New  York.    The  principal  are  as  follows: 

STATEX  ISLAND,  at  the  mouth  of  the  harbor,  covers 
nearly  sixty  square  miles,  and  has  40,000  inhabitants,  two 
railroads,  the  Sailors'  Snug  Harbor  (near  New  Brighton), 
the  summer  resorts  at  St.  George,  and  the  great  fortifications 
overlooking  the  Narrows.  People  call  it  "  the  American  Isle 
of  Wight,"  on  account  of  the  beauty  of  its  scenery  of  hill 
and  sea,  and  many  New  York  merchants  have  their  homes 
here.  It  is  a  part  of  Greater  New  York.  Ferryboats  leave 
Whitehall  every  half  hour  or  so,  for  St.  George.  Fare,  10 
cents.  It  has  along  part  of  its  length  the  Staten  Island 
Railroad,  which  is  a  connecting  chain  of  many  very  at- 
tractive villages,  where  are  to  be  seen  hundreds  of  remark- 
ably pretty  homes. 

DAVID'S  ISLAND,  off  New  Rochelle,  was  made  an  army 
hospital  in  1861.  and  a  depot  for  recruits  in  1869. 

HART'S  ISLAND,  off  Pelham  Neck,  is  the  site  of  city 
hospitals  and  workhouses,  and  of  the  Potter's  Field,  where 
over  2,000  pauper  and  unknown  dead  are  buried  every  year. 

WARD'S  ISLAND,  near  Hell  Gate,  has  200  acres,  with 
fine  old  forests,  and  the  State  Emigrant  Hospital,  House  of 
Refuge,  Lunatic  Hospital,  Homeopathic  Hospital,  Soldiers' 


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Home,  etc.,  a  group  of  costly  building,,  attractively  em- 
bower*)  >n  foliage,  and  looking  out  on  wide  lawns 

ULL1S  ISLAND,  l%  miles  from  the  Battery,  h  the  land- 
ing  place  for  emigrants. 

K \NUVLL  S  ISLAND  covers  too  acres,  where  the  Har- 
lem'river  enters  the  East  river,  and  has  ;  500  instants, 
mostly  destitute  children  in  the  House  of  .Refuge.  Children  . 
HosP  tal,  Nursery,  and  other  vast  and  handsome  brick 
budaingl.  where  they  are  instructed  in  work  and  study  by 

,hUl:ACKWKLLS  ISLAND,  in  the  East  rive,  covers 
m  acres,  and  is  occupied  by  vast  prisons  and  asylums  bu.lt 
£  the  convicts  from  stone  quarried  on  the  island.  At  the 
south  end  i,  the  Charity  Hospital,  with  1*00  beds,  and  wen  >• 
four  skillful  house  physicians.  Next  come  the 
ti.ry.  where  ..,00  criminals  are  kept  under  guard.  It  „  bu.lt 
of  granite  and  iron.  Farther  north  are  the  two  great ^ Ale- 
houses, one  for  each  sex.  with  verandas  and  grounds.  Farther 
up  are  the  Workhouses,  and  the  City  Lunatic  As>lunv 
Visitors  must  get  a  pass  at  3d  ave.  and  nth  st.  and  go  over 
on  the  ferry  from  East  26th  st.  \  N  D 

GOVBRNOR  8    ISLAHD        1    BBDIiOB  8  ■ 
have  alreadv  been  described  in  Chapter  III. 

SIXTH  DAY       The   sixth   day   can   advantageously  be 
JS*  a'np  up  the  Hudson  --  to  West   Point  or 
Newburg.     As  to  West  Point  see  Chapter  \  III.    M  -^w 
burg    afe    the    picturesque    headquarters    of  ^-hington 
*2  many  priceless  relics  of  the  Revolution.  The 
of  the    \merican   Rhine   from    New   \  ork  to   Newburg  is 
one  «.t  pTnorama  of  magnificence,  and  well  worth  the  trip  to 
see     An  evening  at  a  theater,  music  hall,  or  roof  garden  will 

""SEVENTH   DAY.      Assuming   that   the   last   day   of  a 
vigor  s  stay  in  New  York  is  Sunday,  some  information  as 
to  the  churches  is  appropriate.  Treater 
CHURCHES.    There  are  nearly  1,000  churches  in  Greater 


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i\ew  York.  All  creeds  are  represented.  Of  the  more  notable 
churches  the  following  (in  addition  to  those  of  Brooklyn, 
already  mentioned  in  this  Chapter1)  are  worthy  of  note: 

ST.  PATRICKS  CATHEDRAL,  the  most  magnifi- 
cent church  in  the  United  States.  It  was  projected  in  1850 
by  Archbishop  Hughes,  and  the  plans  drawn  by  Tames  Ren 
wick.  The  cornerstone  was  laid  in  T858,  and  May  25,  1879. 
the  cathedral  was  dedicated.  It  has  cost  over  $2,000,000.  It 
is  in  thirteenth  century  decorated  Gothic,  like  the  cathe- 
drals of  Amiens,  Cologne,  York,  and  Exeter;  the  material  is 
fine  white  marble.  In  shape  it  takes  the  form  of  a  Latin 
cross.  306  feet  long,  and  120  feet  wide  (140  at  transepts),  and 
ic8  feet  high,  with  a  clerestory  upheld  on  lines  of  marble 
columns,  and  carrying  a  richly  ornamented  ceiling.  On  each 
side  of  the  front  gable  (which  is  156  feet  high,  the  carved 
spires  reach  the  height  of  32S  feet,  making  a  marble  mountain, 
uplifted  on  the  highest  point  of  5th  ave.,  a  landmark  for 
leagues.  The  seventy  windows  (thirty-seven  of  which  are 
memorial)  are  of  rich  stained  glass,  and  were  made  at 
Chartres,  France,  at  a  cost  of  $100. coo.  That  in  the  south 
transept  shows  forth  the  life  of  St.  Fatrick;  that  in  the  north, 
the  life  of  the  Virgin.  The  main  altar  is  40  feet  high,  of 
Italian  marble,  inlaid  with  gems,  and  bas-reliefs  of  the  Pas- 
sion, and  on  one  side  is  the  Gothic  throne  of  the  Arch- 
bishop. The  altar  of  the  Holy  Family,  of  Tennessee  marble 
and  Caen  stone;  of  the  Virgin,  of  carved  French  walnut;  of 
the  Sacred  Heart,  of  bronze;  of  St.  Joseph,  of  bronze  and 
mosaic. — are  all  of  great  interest  and  artistic  merit.  High 
mass  at  10.30  A.M., ..on  Sunday,  and  vespers  at  4  P.M.  The 
cathedral  is  open  every  day  cf  the  week.  Seats  in  the  cen- 
ter may  be  had  at  high  mass  for  25  cents  (on  the  sides  for 
15  cents),  tickets  being  procured  from  the  verger  near  the 
main  entrance,  inside. 

ST.  PAIL.  THE  APOSTLE,  at  60th  st.  and  9th  ave.. 
pertains  to  the  Order  of  Paulists.  whose  monastery  adjoins 
it.    It  is  a  somber  pile  of  gray  stone,  with  an  ascetic  in- 

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tenor,  devoid  of  ornament,  but  impressive  from  its  great  size. 
The  main  portals  are  flanked  by  statues  of  the  saints. 

ST.  PATRICK'S,  at  Mott  and  I'rince  sU.,  erected  in 
1815,  and  with  a  very  spacious  interior,  was  formerly  the 

^CHURCH    OF   THE    most    HOLY  RBDBB1IBB 

(German),  at  3d  st.  and  Avenue  A,  is  a  Byzantine  building, 
with  lofty  roof,  costly  altar,  and  a  spire  265  feet  high. 

ST.  STEPHEN'S,  on  E.  28th  st.,  near  3d  ave.,  is  cele- 
brated for  its  music.  This  was  the  church  of  the  famous 
Dr.  McGlynn. 

ST.  FRANCIS  XAVIEIi  is  on  W.  16th  st.,  near  6th  ave. 
ST.  ANN'S  is  at  112  E.  12th  st. 
ST.  M  IRVS  is  at  438  Grand  st. 

ST.  VINCENT  TAI  L'S  is  a  French  church,  on  W. 
23d  st. 

EPISCOPALIAN. 
TRINITY  CHURCH,  on  Broadway,  at  the  head  of  Wall 
st.,  is  the  richest  parish  in  America,  with  revenues  of  $500,000 
a  year     It  was  founded  in  1697,  receiving  from  the  English 
Government  a  grant  of  its  present  site,  outside  the  north 
gate  of  the  city,  to  which,  in  1703,  was  added  Queen  Anne  s 
Farm   including  the  territory  along  the  river  from  Vesey  st. 
to  Christopher  st.    Much  of  this  remains  in  the  possession 
of  the  parish.    When  the  Revolution  broke  out,  the  clergy 
were  Royalist,  and  the  patriots  closed  the  church,  which  was 
burned  down  in  1776,  and  rebuilt  in  1788.    The  present  church 
dates  from  1846,  and  is  a  Gothic  structure,  with  a  gray  in- 
terior, carved  Gothic  columns,  groined  roofs,  and  the  mag- 
nificent marble  and  mosaic  altar  and  reredos,  erected  by  his 
family  as  a  memorial  to  the  late  William  B.  Astor.  The 
church  is  usually  open  all  day  long,  throughout  the  week, 
with  morning  and  evening  prayers,  at  9  A.M.  and  3  BM., 
and  imposing  choral  services  on  Sunday.    The  parish  spends 
enormous  sums  annually  in  charities.     Its  spire,   284  feet 
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high,  commands  a  wide  and  wonderful  view,  and  contains  a 
melodious  chime  of  bells. 

ST.  PALL'S,  at  Broadway  and  Yesey  st.,  was  built  in 
1764-66,  and  faces  away  from  Broadway,  and  was  attended 
by  W  ashington.  It  is  a  chapel  of  Trinity  parish.  The  in- 
terior is  old-fashioned  to  a  degree.  At  mid-aisle,  on  the 
Yesey  st.  side,  the  site  of  the  pew  of  Washington  is  marked 
with  his  initials.  The  organ  was  brought  from  England 
years  ago. 

Among  those  buried  in  St.  Paul's  churchyard  were  Emmet 
and  MacNeven,  Irish  patriots  of  '98;  Gen.  Richard  Mont- 
gomery, the  brave  Irish-American,  who  was  killed  in  storm- 
ing Quebec;  John  Dixey,  R.  A.,  an  Irish  sculptor;  Capt. 
Baron  de  Rahenan,  of  one  of  the  old  Hessian  regiments;  Col. 
the  Sieur  de  Rochefontaine,  of  our  Revolutionary  army; 
John  Lucas  and  Job  Sumner,  majors  in  the  Georgia  Line 
and  Massachusetts  Line;  and  Beverly  Robinson,  the  Loyalist. 

TRIMTY  CHAPEL  is  a  brown  stone  Gothic  church,  on 
25th  st.,  close  to  Madison  sq.  The  inside  walls  are  of  Caen 
stone,  with  tiled  floors,  and  stained  windows. 

ST.  JOHN'S  is  a  sandstone  chapel  of  Trinity  parish,  with 
a  deep  portico,  on  St.  John's  Park,  where  the  New  York 
Central  freight  station  now  stands. 

ST.  AL'GL"STI\E'S,  in  Houston  st.,  near  the  Bowery, 
is  a  Queen  Anne  chapel  of  Trinity,  with  industrial  schools, 
guilds,  and  mission  house.  An  illuminated  crystal  cross  on 
its  lofty  spire  indicates  when  services  are  being  held.  The 
bell  was  cast  in  1700,  and  presented  by  the  Bishop  of  Lon- 
don, in  1704. 

GRACE  CHURCH  looks  down  Broadway  from  10th  st., 
and  is  a  sumptuous  and  ornate  edifice  of  marble,  with  a 
marble  spire.  The  interior  is  rich  in  carvings,  lines  of  stone 
columns,  and  forty  stained  glass  windows. 

CALVARY  CHIRCH.  at  -ith  ave.  and  21st  St.,  is  a 
cathedral-like  stone  structure,  with  a  spacious  interior, 
transepts,  and  Gothic  columns.    It  dates  from  1847. 


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ST.  GEORGB'S,  Low-church,  on  Stuyvesant  sq.,  is  a 
Byzantine  structure  of  brownitcme,  with  lofty  twin-spires,  a 
rich  chancel,  and  brilliant  interior. 

ST.  MARK'S  ii  a  guamt  old  church,  at  2d  ave.  and 
Stuyvesant  pi.,  with  many  mural  tablets,  and  the  tombs  of 
Petrus  Stuyvesant,  the  last  Dutch  governor;  Col.  Slaughter, 
one  of  the  English  governors;  and  Gov.  Tompkins.  From 
the  adjacent  churchyard,  A.  T.  Stewart's  body  was  stolen, 

I  ,,,  ,{,  ||  OF  THE  HOI/1    SPIRIT,  al   Ma  I     n  ave 

and  60th  st.,  is  famous  for  its  wood  carvings. 

ST.  JAMES,  on  Madison  ave.,  corner  of  71st  St.,  is  ad- 
mired for  its  graceful  exterior  and  its  exquisite  interior. 

s-r  BARTHOLOMEW'S,  al  Madison  ave.  and  W.  44" 
St.,  lias  a  richness  of  colors  and  gold,  stained  windows, 
arcades  and  arches,  and  granite  pillars. 

(Ill  RCB   OF  THE   BEA1  EN  LI    B  EST, 
ave     contains  polished  granite  pillars,  with  costly  capitals, 
in  carved  roses  and  lilies,  frescoes  of  Fra  Angehco's  ser- 
aphs, carved  roof  timbers,  and  brilliant  windows. 

ST  I < ■  N  \TH  S.  ->>  W.  4"th  st.,  opposite  Bryant  Park,  IB 
High-church  and  ritualistic,  with  a  service  largely  choral, 
and  a  marble  altar.  . 

ST  THOMAS,  al  5«l  ave.  and  \\  .  53<i  St.,  is  in  early 
English  Gothic,  with  its  seven-sided  chancel  adorned  with 
a  group  of  paintings  by  John  LaFarge,  representing  the 
Adoration  of  the  Cross,  with  sculptures  by  Augustus  St. 
Gaudens.    The  church  cost  $750,000. 

PRESBYTERIAN. 

FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH,  on  5th  ave, 
near  nth  st.,  is  a  handsome  stone  building. 

MADISON  SQUARE  CHURCH  is  a  brownstone  struct- 
ure.   Dr.  Parkhurst  is  pastor. 

BRICK  CHURCH,  at  5th  ave.  and  37th  st.,  with  a  lotty 
spire,  belongs  to  the  oldest  of  the  Presbyterian  societies, 
formerly  on  Beekman  st. 

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OIVERSITY   PLACE   CHURCH,   at   icth   St.,   is  of 
stone,  with  a  spire  184  feet  high. 
THE  CHURCH  OF  THE  TRAXSFIGIRATIOX  in 

29th  St.,  just  east  of  5th  ave.,  is  known  all  over  the  country 
as  "  the  little  church  'round  the  corner."  This  name  is 
said  to  have  been  derived  from  the  refusal  of  a  pastor  in 
Madison  ave.  to  perform  the  burial  service  over  the  body 
of  the  aged  actor  George  Holland,  bidding  his  friends  go 
to  "  a  little  church  'round  the  corner,"  where  they  might 
be  accommodated.  Since  that  time  the  players  of  the  coun- 
try have  held  this  church  in  veneration,  and  nearly  all  actors 
and  actresses  who  die  in  New  York  are  buried  from  it.  It  is 
one  of  the  prettiest  houses  of  worship  in  the  city. 

CHURCH  OF1  THE  COVENANT,  at  34th  st.  and  Park 
ave.,  is  a  Lombardo-Gothic  temple. 

FIFTH  AVENUE  CHURCH,  at  708  5th  ave.,  corner  of 
W.  55th  St.,  is  a  Gothic  structure,  with  a  spire  of  great 
height.  It  cost  $750,000.  Dr.  John  Hall,  the  English  divine, 
is  the  pastor. 

METHODIST. 

JOHX  STREET  CHURCH  is  the  cradle  of  American 
Methodism,  which  began  in  1766,  when  Philip  Embury 
preached  to  four  persons.  Two  years  later,  the  society 
bought  this  site,  and  built  the  Wesley  Chapel,  replaced  in 
1817  and  in  1841  by  larger  churches.  The  clock  now  there 
was  presented  by  John  Wesley,  and  the  society  has  other 
precious  relics  of  the  early  days. 

ST.  LUKE'S  is  at  108  Wl  41st  st. 

LEXINGTON  AVENUE  CHURCH  is  at  E.  52d  st 

BAPTIST. 

FIFTH  AVENUE  CHURCH  is  at  the  corner  of  W.  46th 
st. 

MADISON  AVENUE  CHURCH  is  at  the  corner  of  E. 
31st  st. 

EPIPHANY  is  at  Madison  ave.  and  64th  st. 


Ill 


<  vi, \  \n\  CHI  i<<  ii  57th  st. 

FIRST  BAPTIST  CHI  RCH,  at  Broome  and  Elizabeth 
sts.,  is  a  Gothic  building  of  rough  stone. 

THE  TABBRMACMB,  on  2d  ave.,  near  10th  st.,  is  a 
Gothic  building,  near  St.  Mark's.  This  was  once  the  lead- 
ing Baptist  church  in  America,  in  Dr.  Edward  Lothrop's 
day,  but  it  was  on  the  verge  of  being  sold  for  a  synagogue, 
until  it  was  revived  and  beautified. 

0  »NGREGATIONALIST. 

TABERXACbK,  at  Sixth  ave.  and  34th  st.,  is  a  Gothic 
temple,  with  carved  pulpit  and  organ-screen. 

On  lower  Madison  ave.,  there  are  two  Congregational 
churches,  at  East  45th  st.  and  East  47th  st. 

UNIVERSALIS!". 
CHURCH  OF  THE  DIMM:  PATBRWITY,  at  Fifth 
ave.  and  45th  st.    It  has  towers  185  feet  high. 

UNITARIAN. 

ALL.  SOI  LS'  CHI  RCH,  at  4th  ave.  and  East  20th  st.,  is 
a  red  and  white  Byzantine  edifice,  in  the  style  of  the  medieval 
Italian  churches. 

CHURCH  OF  THB  MESSIAH,  at  Park  ave.  and  East 
34th  st.,  on  Murray  Hill,  is  a  handsome  structure,  with  a 
beautiful  portal. 

HEBREW. 

TEMPLE  EMAM'-EL.  at  5th  ave.  and  West  43d  st.,  is  a 
picturesque  pile  of  Oriental  architecture,  erected  at  a  cost  of 
$650,000,  and  rich  in  delicate  detail  work,  carvings,  and  color. 
The  interior  is  dazzling  in  its  brilliancy. 

Smaller  sects  have  churches  or  meeting-places  in  various 
localities.    Some  of  these  are: 

Catholic  Apostolic,  417  West  57th  st. 

Christian  Israelites,  108  1st  st. 


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Reformed  Episeopal,  Madison  ave.  and  55th  st. 
New  Jerusalem,  114  East  35th  st. 
Reformed  Catholie,  79  West  23d  st. 
Moravian,  154  Lexington  ave. 

Friends,  124  East  20th  st,  43  West  47th  st.,  and  East  15th  st. 
and  Rutherford  Place. 
Lutheran,  216  East  mth  st. 

THE  YOUNG  MEN'S  CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATION, 

at  4th  ave.  and  23d  st.,  has  a  Renaissance  building  (erected  in 
1869),  of  New  Jersey  brownstone,  and  yellow  Ohio  marble; 
with  library  (35,000  volumes),  gymnasium,  lecture-rooms.  It 
is  open  from  8  A.M.  to  10  P.M.  (Sundays,  2  to  10),  and 
strangers  are  made  welcome.  It  aims  to  improve  the  spirit- 
ual, mental,  and  physical  condition  of  young  men  by  evening 
classes,  sociables,  prayer-meetings,  Bible  classes,  music,  en- 
tertainments, etc.    There  are  seven  branches. 

YOUNG  WOMEN'S  CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATION,  in 
East  15th  st.  near  5th  ave.,  is  a  building  of  red  brick  and 
stone,  with  a  roof  of  red  Akron  tiles,  and  tiling,  terra  cotta, 
oaken  wainscots,  stained  glass,  etc.  Inside  are  parlors,  a 
large  chapel,  employment  rooms,  a  library  (10,000  volumes), 
and  schools  for  typewriting,  bookkeeping,  shorthand,  dress- 
making, wall-paper  designing,  modeling,  etc. 

The  Association  was  founded  in  1871,  and  has  many  mem- 
bers. R.  H.  Robertson  erected  the  building  in  1886,  at  a  cost 
of  $125,000,  to  which  John  Jacob  Astor  gave  $30,000,  and  the 
three  Vanderbilt  daughters  (Mrs.  Sloane,  Mrs.  Shepard.  and 
Mrs.  Twombly),  $45,000. 


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CHAPTER  VIII. 


NEARBY  RESORTS  AND  EXCURSION 6. 

EXCURSIONS  and  RESORTS.  From  its  very  situa- 
tion Greater  New  York  boasts  of  even  more  nearby  resorts 
and  excursions  than  its  only  rival  in  size,— London.  The 
proximity  of  the  ocean,  the  Sound,  and  the  lordly  Hudson 
afford  scores  of  ideal  places  for  human  recreation  and  for  rest 
far  from  the  hum  of  toil.  Hot  nights  are  rare.  At  dusk,  on 
the  warmest  days,  a  sea  breeze  springs  up,  which  makes  the 
nights  cool  and  delightful.  Every  day,  for  weeks,  some  new 
excursion  on  the  water  may  be  taken,  leaving  the  city  in  the 
morning,  and  returning  in  the  cool  of  the  evening. 

The  principal  and  favorite  excursions  may  be  thus  briefly 
described: 

Till-:  HUDSON  RIVER.  First  among  the  pleasure  ex- 
cursions is  a  trip  on  the  Hudson.  The  splendid  steamers  of 
the  Hudson  River  Day  Line  leave  the  foot  of  West  azd  st. 
every  morning,  except  Sunday,  during  the  season,  at  9 
o'clock,  arriving  at  Albany  at  6.10  P.M.  The  best  way  to 
reach  the  pier  is  to  take  the  23d  st.  cars  across  to  the  North 
river.  On  leaving  the  pier,  a  fine  view  of  New  York  City 
and  harbor  is  obtained;  while  on  the  opposite  shores  are 
Jersey  City  and  Hoboken,  and  Weehawken,  where  Alexander 
Hamilton  was  killed  in  a  duel  with  Aaron  Burr.  On  the  east 
bank  may  soon  be  seen  the  tomb  of  Gen.  Grant.  At  Fort 
Washington  and  Fort  Lee  (ten  miles  up),  begins  the  historic 
part  of  the  river,  for  a  description  of  which  the  visitor  must 
refer  to  some  more  assuming  work.  The  Hudson  by  Day- 
light, an  excellent  descriptive  guide  of  the  river,  is  for  sale 
on  the  boats.  The  Panoramic  View  of  the^  Hudson  is  also 
worth  purchasing.  Ernest  Ingersoll's  *  Hudson  River 
Guide  is  also  to  be  had,  and  is  by  far  the  best  and  most 
interesting  account  of  this  historic  waterway,  being,  in  addi- 
tion, excellently  illustrated  and  replete  with  useful  maps. 


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THE  PALISADES,  on  the  west  bank  begin  here,  and  ex- 
tend up  the  river  for  fifteen  or  twenty  miles.  They  are  bare, 
precipitous  walls  of  rock,  which  rise  abruptly  from  the  river 
to  a  height  of  250  to  600  feet.  Passing  Yonkers,  on  the  right, 
is  seen  "  Greystone,"  the  residence  of  the  late  Samuel  J. 
Tiiden.  From  here  to  and  beyond  Tarrytown,  the  east  bank 
is  lined  with  palatial  residences.  At  Irvington,  on  the  right, 
cne  catches  a  glimpse  cf  Sunnyside,  where  Washington  Ir- 
ving lived.  On  the  west  bank,  a  few  miles  above,  is  Tappan, 
where  Andre  was  executed.  On  the  east  bank  is  Lyndvhurst, 
the  summer  home  of  Jay  Gould,  and  Tarrytoicn,  where  Major 
Andre  was  captured.  A  mile  above  Tarrytown  is  the  Old 
Dutch  Church,  where  Washington  Irving  is  buried.  At  Sing 
Sing,  on  the  east  bank,  thirty-two  miles  from  New  York,  the 
State  Prison  is  located.  Soon  the  river  broadens  into  a  bay 
five  miles  wide,  at  the  northern  end  of  which,  on  the  west 
bank,  is  Stony  Point,  sometimes  known  as  "  Mad  Anthony's 
Charge."  Here  Gen.  Anthony  Wayne,  in  the  dead  of  night, 
with  a  handful  of  men,  surprised  and  recaptured  the  British 
fort  on  Stony  Point.  The  river  here  is  only  half  a  mile  wide. 
On  the  east  bank  is  Y(  rplanck's  Point,  the  site  of  Fort  La- 
fayette, where  Baron  Steuben  drilled  soldiers  for  the  Revolu- 
tionary army.  At  this  point  the  river  appears  to  end.  On  the 
west  bank  rises  the  DumU  rh<  rg  mountain,  made  famous  by 
Irving;  and  on  the  east  Antho)iy's  Xose,  over  1,200  feet  high; 
and  between  the  two,  and  apparently  completely  shutting  in 
the  river,  lies  Iona  Island,  a  popular  excursion  resort. 
Rounding  this  island,  come  into  full  view  the  historic  High- 
lands of  the  Hudson.  On  the  west  bank  lies  West  Point, 
where  visitors  may  land,  and  visit  the  Military  Academy,  fort, 
and  historic  spots.  Three  delightful  hours  may  be  spent  here, 
when  the  down-boat  from  Albany,  may  be  taken,  reaching 
New  York  at  6  P.M.  If  visitors  prefer,  they  may  keep  on  up 
the  river,  passing  on  the  east  bank  Garrison's  and  Storm 
King,  the  highest  peak  of  the  Highlands,  to  Nctrburg,  where 
they  may  visit  Washington's  headquarters,  and  stand  upon 


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the  spot  where  he  read  his  farewell  address  to  the  American 
army.  One  hour  and  a  half  may  be  spent  here,  before  the  ar- 
rival of  the  down-boat. 

CONB1  EBLAHDf  five  miles  in  length,  is  about  ten  miles 
from  the  New  York  City  Hall,  and  is  bounded  on  the  south 
by  the  Atlantic  ocean.  It  is  divided  into  four  parts,  known 
as  \ort(in'.s  I'oint  (which  is  little  frequented).  West  Jiriyhton, 
Brighton,  Bud  Maith&tian  BtOOh.  There  are  various  rail  and 
steamboat  routes  to  the  island  (see  daily  papers),  but  perhaps 
the  pleasantest  way  of  getting  there  is  to  take  one  of  the  Iron 
Steamboat  Company's  vessels  from  the  foot  of  West  23d  St., 
or  l'ier  i,  North  river.  They  leave  hourly  during  the  season 
and  land  at  the  Iron  Pier,  West  Brighton.  Excursion  tick- 
ets, 25  cents.  Another  good  route  is  to  take  steamer  from  foot 
of  Whitehall  st.  (South  Ferry  station,  Third  ave.  line),  to 
Bay  Kidge,  and,  from  there,  train  to  West  Brighton  or  Man- 
hattan Beach.    Excursion  tickets,  25  cents. 

WEST  BRIGHTON  is  the  democratic  part  of  the  island. 
It  is  made  up  of  a  motley  collection  of  hotels,  large  and 
small,  concert  stands,  beer  gardens,  variety  shows,  skating 
rinks,  wooden  toboggan  slides,  shooting  galleries,  bathing- 
houses,  merry-go-rounds,  inclined  railways,  museums,  aqua- 
riums, brass  bands,  popcorn  and  hot  sausage  venders;  in  fact, 
it  is  like  a  great  country  fair  in  full  blast,  crowded  with 
every-day  people,  out  for  a  good  time.  Here  is  an  iron  obser- 
vatory 300  feet  high,  with  elevators  running  to  the  top;  a 
camera  obscura;  two  iron  piers,  upward  of  a  thousand  feet 
long,  with  bathing-houses  beneath.  The  pell-mell  excitement 
of  the  place  is  kept  up  all  day  and  until  almost  midnight 
throughout  the  week,  with  no  cessation  on  Sunday.  Half  a 
mile  east  along  the  beach  is  Brighton.  Stages  run  this  dis- 
tance (fare,  5  cents),  and  there  is  also  an  elevated  road. 

BRIGHTON  BEACH.  Here  there  is  an  enormous  hotel, 
capable  of  dining  20,000  people  in  a  day.  The  grounds  are 
handsomely  laid  out  and  ornamented  with  flowers,  and  the 
bathing  facilities  are  excellent.  In  a  pavilion  a  large  orchestra 

I'M 


gives  concerts  afternoon  and  evening.  East  of  Brighton 
Beach,  for        miles,  extend  the  gounds  of 

MANHATTAN  BEACH.  (Reached  by  a  small  railway, 
fare  5  cents.)  This  is  the  best  part  of  the  island,  and  is 
patronized  by  the  better  classes.  The  hotel  is  nearly  700  feet 
long,  and  is  one  of  the  largest  structures  of  its  kind  in  the 
world.  Four  thousand  people  can  dine  at  a  time,  and  30.000 
during  the  day.  The  grounds  are  beautifully  laid  out,  and 
there  are  concerts  afternoon  and  evening  in  a  pavilion  in  front 
of  the  hotel.  There  are  2.700  rooms  in  the  bathing  establish- 
ment, and  an  amphitheater  for  spectators  to  watch  the  bath- 
ers, in  which  a  band  plays  afternoon  and  evening.  Bathing  is 
perfectly  safe. 

East  of  the  Manhattan  Hotel  comes  the  Oriental  Hotel,  a 
large  and  costly  house  for  permanent  guests.  Manhattan 
Beach  can  be  reached  by  rail  direct  from  Long  Island  City 
(East  34th  st.  ferry),  or  by  boat,  from  South  Ferry  to  Bay 
Ridge,  and  thence  by  train.  Several  times  a  week,  during  the 
summer,  wonderful  displays  of  fireworks  take  place  at  the 
Brighton  and  Manhattan  Hotels,  those  of  the  latter  place 
being  unequaled  elsewhere  in  the  country.  The  Coney  Is- 
land Jockey  Club  has  a  clubhouse  at  Manhattan  Beach,  and 
a  fine  race  track  at  Sheepshead  Bay  (just  back  of  the 
beach),  where  race  meetings  are  held  in  June  and  Septem- 
ber. 

ROCK  AW  AY  BEACH,  on  the  Long  Island  shore,  is 
twenty  miles  from  New  York.  It  may  be  reached  by  rail 
(ferry  from  foot  East  34th  st.  to  Southern  Railroad,  Long  Is- 
land) ;  but  the  better  way  is  to  go  by  one  of  the  excursion 
steamers  which  run  every  few  hours  during  the  season.  (For 
time  and  place  of  sailing  see  daily  papers.)  This  trip  is 
strongly  recommended.  The  sail  is  a  fine  one,  affording 
splendid  views  of  the  harbor,  shipping,  and  fortifications,  and 
a  sail  on  the  Atlantic.  The  beach  has  most  of  the  character- 
istics of  Coney  Island,  but  the  surf  is  finer.  The  sail  occu- 
pies an  hour  and  a  half  each  way.     Excursion   tickets,  50 


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gives  concerts  afternoon  and  evening.  East  of  Brighton 
Beach,  for  a%  miles,  extend  the  grounds  of 

MANHATTAN  BEACH.  (Reached  by  a  small  railway, 
fare  s  cents.)  This  is  the  best  part  of  the  island,  and  is 
patronized  by  the  better  classes.  The  hotel  is  nearly  700  feet 
long  and  is  one  of  the  largest  structures  of  its  k.nd  in  the 
world.  Four  thousand  people  can  dine  at  a  time,  and  30,000 
during  the  day.  The  grounds  are  beautifully  laid  out,  and 
there  are  concerts  afternoon  and  evening  in  a  pavilion  in  front 
of  the  hotel.  There  are  2,700  rooms  in  the  bathing  establish- 
ment, and  an  amphitheater  for  spectators  to  watch  the  bath- 
ers, in  which  a  band  plays  afternoon  and  evening.  Bathing  is 
perfectly  safe. 

Fast  of  the  Manhattan  Hotel  comes  the  Oriental  Hotel,  a 
large  and  costly  house  for  permanent  guests.  Manhattan 
Beach  can  be  reached  by  rail  direct  from  Long  Island  City 
(Fast  34th  st.  ferry),  or  by  boat,  from  South  Ferry  to  Lay 
Ridge,  and  thence  by  train.  Several  times  a  week,  during  the 
summer,  wonderful  displays  of  fireworks  take  place  at  the 
Brighton  and  Manhattan  Hotels,  those  of  the  latter  place 
being  unequaled  elsewhere  in  the  country.  I  he  Coney  Is- 
land Tockey  Club  has  a  clubhouse  at  Manhattan  Beach  and 
a  fine  race  track  at  Sheepshead  Bay  (just  back  of  the 
beach),  where  race  meetings  are  held  in  June  and  Septem- 


ber 


IKK  KVWW  BEAC.H,  on  the  Long  Island  shore,  is 
twentv  miles  from  New  York.  It  may  be  reached  by  rail 
(ferry  from  foot  East  34th  st.  to  Southern  Railroad,  Long  Is- 
land), but  the  better  way  ,s  to  go  by  one  of  the  excursion 
steamers,  which  run  every  few  hours  during  the  season  (For 
tmie  and  place  of  sailing  see  daily  papers.) 
strongly  recommended.  The  sail  is  a  fine  one,  affording 
splendid  views  of  the  harbor,  shipping  and  fortifications,  and 
^ail  on  the  Atlantic.  The  beach  has  most  of  the  character 
istics  of  Conev  Island,  but  the  surf  is  finer. 
pics  an  hour  and  a  half  each  way.    Excursion  tickets,  50 

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cents.  On  Sunday  the  boats  are  often  uncomfortably 
crowded. 

LO\G  BRANCH  is  on  the  New  Jersey  coast,  about 
thirty  miles  from  New  York.  Steamers  run,  during  the 
season,  from  Pier  8,  North  river,  to  Sandy  Hook,  and  thence 
by  rail  to  the  Branch.  This  is  the  best  route.  It  is  also 
reac'asd  by  the  New  Jersey  Southern  and  Pennsylvania 
railroads.  During  the  season,  there  are  excursion  steamers, 
which  go  all  the  way  by  water,  landing  passengers  at  the 
Long  Branch  Iron  Pier.  (See  daily  papers.)  The  latter  route 
is  not  recommended,  as  rough  weather  often  prevents  a  land- 
ing. 

LONG  BEACH  is  on  the  Long  Island  coast,  east  of 
Rockaway.  There  is  but  one  hotel  there, — an  immense  one, — 
and  a  number  of  cottages.  The  bathing  facilities  are  perfect, 
and  the  surf  usually  runs  high.  A  fine  orchestra  plays  in 
front  of  the  hotel  morning  and  evening.  A  visit  is  recom- 
mended to  those  who  desire  to  spend  a  quiet  and  restful 
day  by  the  sea,  away  from  the  "  madding  crowd."  It  is 
reached  via  Long  Island  Railroad,  ferry  foot  East  34th  st. 
Excursion  tickets,  50  cents. 

GLEN  ISLAND,  in  Long  Island  Sound,  near  New  Ro- 
chelle,  is  a  beautiful  and  picturesque  summer  resort  for  ex- 
cursionists, with  facilities  for  boating,  bathing,  sailing,  fish- 
dinners,  etc.  The  sail  up  the  East  river,  past  the  various  pub- 
lic institutions,  and  the  Navy  Yard,  through  Hell  Gate,  and 
out  into  the  Sound,  is  an  interesting  one.  Boats  leave  several 
times  a  day.    Excursion  tickets,  40  cents. 

STATEN  ISLAND,  thirteen  miles  long,  is  in  New  York 
harbor.  Boats  run  from  South  Ferry  every  half  hour.  It  is 
a  hilly  and  picturesque  island,  dotted  with  fine  houses  and 
villas.  On  the  eastern  shore  is  Fort  Wadsworth.  On  the 
north  shore  is  the  Sailors'  Snug  Harbor,  an  asylum  for  aged 
and  infirm  sailors,  capable  of  accommodating  over  1,000  per- 
sons. Of  late  the  island  has  become  a  great  center  for  the 
am'usement-loving  public. 


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OTHER  RESORTS.  The  following  other  resorts  are 
popular  and  easy  of  access:  Asbury  Park,  X.  J.,  51  miles 
from  New  York;  take  Central  R.  R.  of  N.  J.,  foot  of  Liberty 
St.,  or  Pennsylvania  R.  R.,  foot  of  Cortlandt  st. ;  fare,  $1.20; 
round  trip,  $1.85.  Atlantic  Highlands,  V.  J.,  near  Sandy 
Hook;  take  Central  R.  EL  of  X.  J.,  foot  of  Liberty  St.,  or  the 
summer  line  of  boats  from  Pier  8,  X.  R. ;  fare,  60  cents; 
round  trip,  $1.  Arccrncby-the-Sea,  L.  I.,  near  Far  Rockaway; 
take  James  Slip,  or  East  34th  st.  ferries,  connecting  with  L.  L 
R.  R. ;  fare,  45  cents  ;  round  trip,  80  cents.  Bay  Ridge, 
south  of  Brooklyn;  take  boats  from  South  Ferry;  fare,  10 
cents.  Bay  Side,  on  shore  of  Little  Xeck  Bay,  L.  I.;  take 
James  Slip  or  E.  34th  st.  ferries,  connecting  with 
Long  Island  R.  K.;  fare,  round  trip,  50  cents.  Cholera 
Fishing  Banks,  fishing  ground  below  Sandy  Hook,  near  Long 
Branch;  excursion  boats  in  summer  months  from  foot  West 
nth.  West  48th,  East  21st,  East  23d,  and  East  31st  sts. ;  fare, 
50  to  75  cents.  College  Point,  Xorth  Shore,  L.  I.;  take  boat 
foot  East  29th  or  East  34th  st.,  or  James  Slip  ferries,  con- 
necting with  L.  I.  EL  R. ;  fare,  round  trip,  45  cents.  Far 
Roekaxcay,  L.  I.,  near  Rockaway  Beach;  take  James  Slip  or 
East  34th  st.  ferries,  connecting  with  L.  I.  R.  R. ;  fare,  round 
trip,  $1.  Fort  George,  10th  ave.  and  Harlem  river;  take  6th 
Ave.  "L"  to  125th  st.,  connecting  with  cable  cars;  fare,  5 
cents  on  each  line.  Fort  Hamilton,  on  Long  Island  shore, 
north  side  of  the  "Xarrows";  take  South  Ferry,  Fulton, 
Wall,  or  Hamilton  ferries  to  Brooklyn,  connecting  with  street 
cars,  transferring  to  electric  line  at  Greenwood  Cemetery; 
fare,  round  trip,  24  cents.  Fort  Lee,  on  Xew  Jersey  shore 
of  Hudson  river,  opposite  Washington  Heights;  take  ferry 
foot  West  125th  st.;  fare,  5  cents.  Grcenvcood  Lake,  «q  miles 
from  Xew  York,  on  Erie  R.  R. ;  take  ferry  foot  Chambers 
st.;  fare,  round  trip,  $2.  High  Bridge,  over  Harlem  river, 
north  of  city;  take  6th  Ave.  "  L "  to  155th  st.,  connecting 
with  X.  Y.  &  Xorthern  R.  R. ;  fare,  round  trip,  from  155th 
st..  20  cents.    Mauch  Chunk,  120  miles  from  New  York,  on 


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Lehigh  Valley  R.  R.,  known  as  "  the  Switzerland  of  Amer- 
ica," on  account  of  surrounding  mountain  scenery;  take  ferry 
foot  of  Liberty  St.;  fare,  round  trip,  $3.45.  Monmouth  Beach, 
N.  J.,  near  Long  Branch;  take  boat  from  Pier  8,  North  river, 
connecting  with  N.  J.  Southern  R.  R. ;  fare,  round  trip,  90 
cents.  Ocean  Grove,  adjoining  Asbury  Park,  N.  J.;  made  fa- 
mous by  the  Methodist  camp  meetings  held  annually  during 
summer  months;  take  Central  R.  R.  of  N.  J.,  foot  Liberty  St., 
or  Pennsylvania  R.  R.,  foot  Cortlandt  St.;  fare,  round  trip, 
$1.85.  Prohibition  Park,  north  shore,  Staten  Island;  take  boat 
from  Battery,  connecting  with  rapid  transit;  railway  fare, 
round  trip,  20  cents.  Sailors'  Snug  Harbor,  north  shore, 
Staten  Island;  take  boat  from  Battery;  fare,  10  cents  each 
way.  Seabright,  New  Jersey  coast,  north  of  Long  Branch; 
take  boats  from  Pier  8,  North  river,  connecting  with  N.  J. 
Southern  R.  R. ;  fare,  round  trip,  $1.50.  Sea  Cliff,  L.  I. ; 
take  boat  at  Peck  Slip.  South  Beach,  S.  I.;  near  to  Pro- 
hibition Park;  fare,  10  cents. 

NEARBY  RESORTS  BY  RAILROAD.  The  following 
list  of  resorts,  reached  by  railroad,  will  be  found  useful,  and, 
for  convenience  of  reference,  has  been  divided  into  six  sec- 
tions, according  to  distance.  The  distance  and  the  railroad 
reaching  the  place  are  shown. 
ABOUT  IO  MILES  FROM  XEW  YORK: 

Bedford  Park,  N.  Y.,  10  miles,  Harlem  R.  R.  Division. 

Carlton  Hill,  N.  J.,  10.7  miles,  Erie  R.  R. 

East  Orange,  N.  J.,  10  miles,  Delaware,  Lackawanna  & 
Western  R.  R. 

Elizabethport,  N.  J.,  10.6  miles,  Central  R.  R.  of  New 
Jersey. 

Kingsbridge,  N.  \ .,  10  miles,  New  York  Central  &  Hudson 
River  R.  R. 

Little  Ferry,  N.  J.,  11  miles,  New  York,  Susquehanna  & 
Western  R.  R. 

Nepperham,  N.  Y.,  10.6  miles,  New  York  &  Putnam  Ry. 

New  Dorp,  S.  L,  10.5  miles,  Staten  Island  R.  R. 

Orange,  N.  J.,  12.9  miles,  Watchung  R.  R. 

Passaic,  N.  J.,  11  miles,  Delaware,  Lackawanna  &  Western 
R.  R.,  Boonton  Branch. 


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Pelham  Manor,  N.  Y.,  10  miles,  New  York,  New  Haven  & 

H Kn! gelid,  N.  J.,  io.2  miles.  Northern  EL  K.  of  New  Jersey. 
Saddle  Kiver,  N.  J..  U.9  miles,  Erie  R.  EL,  Bergen  County 

BSoho'  N.  J.,  10. i  miles,  New  York  &  Greenwood  Lake  Ky. 
Waverly,  N.  J.,  n.6  miles,  Pennsylvania  EL  K. 
West  Knglewood,  N.  J.,  10.1  miles,  \\  e*t  bhore  K.  K. 
West  Newark,  N.  J.,  11  miles,  Lehigh  \  alley  EL  R. 
Whitestone,  L.  I.,  m  miles.  Long  Island  K.  K. 
Woodridge,  N.  J.,   io%  miles,  New  Jersey  &   New  \or* 

VvWside,  N.  J.,  io.2  miles,  Erie  EL  R.,  Newark  Branch. 
iBOUT  20  MILES  PROM  «BH|  YORK  I 
Caldwell   N   J.,  22.6  miles,  Caldwell  Ry. 

Closter,  N.  J..  20..;  miles.   Northern   EL   IL  of   New  Jer- 

"fcobbs  Ferry,  N.  Y.,  20%  miles,  New  York  Central  ft  Hud 

S°Etia.VN.  L,  *>tt  miles.  New  Jersey  ft  New  York  EL  EL 
I-Yrndale    N.  J..  20  miles,  Erie  R.  R. 

Glen  Rock,  N    J.,  19  2  miles,  Erie  R.  R.,  Bergen  County 

BHart1sdale,  N.  Y.,  21  miles   Harlem  R  ^PV^S°*  . 
HemDStead.  L.  I.,  20.5  miles,  Long  Island  R.  R. 
Mamnroneck.  N.  Y.,  20  miles,  New  York,  New  Haven  ft 

"Mawiif'N^J.,  20.1  miles,  Central  EL  R.  of  New  Jersey, 
Fli7iheth  ft  Perth  Amboy  Branch. 

EMountain  View.  N.  J./20.8  miles,  Delaware,  Lackawanna 

ft  Western  R.  R-,  Boonton  Branch. 
Orangeburg.  N.  Y.,  20.8  mdes,  \\  est  Shore  R.  R. 
Vaurson,    N.   J.,   20   miles,   New   York.   Susquehanna  & 

'VperthnA^bRoy.  N.  J.,.fo  miles..  Stat  en  Island  R.  EL 
Picton.  N.  T-.  19%  miles.  Lehigh  \  alley  R.  R. 
D.hwav    N    I..  19.5  mdes,  Pennsylvania  K.  K. 
Singaci  N    J  ,  *M  miles.  New  York  &  Greenwood  Lake 

R>South  Amboy.  N.  J.,  24  miles,  New  York  &  Long  Branch 

RSoRuth  Paterson,  N.  J..  «M  miles,  Erie  R.   R.,  Newark 

BSaummit.  N.  J..  20.2  miles.  Delaware.  Lackawanna  &  West- 

Rrvtmvn.  N.  Y.,  21.6  milev  New  York  ft  Putnam  Ry. 


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ABOIT  30  MILES  FROM  NEW  YORK: 

Bardonia,  X.  Y.,  30V2  miles,  New  Jersev  &  New  York 
R.  R. 

Boonton,  N.  J.,  29.6  miles,  Delaware,  Lackawanna  &  West- 
ern R.  R..  Boonton  Branch. 

Bound  Brook,  X.  J.,  31.2  miles.  Central  R.  R.  of  Xew  Jer- 
sey. 

Campgaw,  X.  J.,  31  miles,  Xew  York,  Susauehanna  & 
Western  R.  R. 

Ernston,  X.  J.,  31  miles,  Pennsylvania  R.  R.,  Amboy  Di- 
vision. 

Farmingdale,  L.  I.,  30V4  miles,  Long  Island  R.  R. 
Haverstraw,  X.  Y.,  32.2  miles.  West  Shore  R.  R. 
Mahwah.  X.  J.,  30.2  miles,  Erie  R.  R. 

Merritt's  Corners,  X.  Y.,  30.5  miles,  Xew  York  &  Futnam 
Ry. 

Millington.  X.  J.,  30.2  miles,  Delaware,  Lackawanna  & 
Western  R.  R.,  Passaic  &  Delaware  Branch. 

Morgan,  X.  J.,  30.3  miles,  Xew  York  &  Long  Branch 
R.  R. 

Morristown.  X.  J.,  29.7  miles,  Delaware,  Lackawanna  & 
Western  R.  R. 

Mount  Pleasant,  N.  J.,  31  miles,  Atlantic  Highlands  Divi- 
sion, Central  R.  R.  of  Xew  Jersey. 

Xew  Brunswick,  X.  J..  31.3  miles,  Pennsylvania  R.  R. 

Xyack.  X.  Y.,  29.2  miles,  Xorthern  R.  R.  of  Xew  Jersey. 

Perth  Junction,  X.  J.,  30  miles.  Lehigh  Yalley  R.  R. 

Pompton  Junction,  X.  J.,  29.3  miles,  Xew  York  &  Green- 
wood Lake  Ry. 

Riverside,  Conn..  30  miles,  Xew  York,  Xew  Haven  & 
Hertford  R.  R. 

Sherman  Park.  N.  Y.,  30  miles.  Harlem  R.  R.  Division. 

Sing  Sing.  X.  Y.,  30%  miles,  Xew  York  Central  &  Hud- 
Son  River  R.  R. 

ABOI  T  40  MILES  FROM  XEW  YORK  : 

Atlantic  Highlands,  X.  J..  39%  miles.  Central  R.  R.  of 
Xew  Jersey,  Atlantic  Highlands  Division. 

Bedford.  X.  Y..  39  miles.  Harlem  R.  R.  Division. 

Butler,  X.  J.,  39  miles,  Xew  York,  Susquehanna  &  West- 
ern R.  R. 

Dover,  X.  J.,  41.6  miles,  Delaware,  Lackawanna  &  Western 
"R.  R. 

Far  Hills.  X.  J.,  40  miles.  Delaware,  Lackawanna  &  West- 
em  R.  R.,  Passaic  &  Delaware  Branch. 

Flagtown.  X.  J.,  izy*  miles,  Lehigh  Yallev  R.  R. ;  41. 1 
miles  by  Central  R.  R.  of  Xew  Jersey.  South  Branch. 

Helmetta,  X.  J.,  39.5  miles.  Pennsylvania  R.  R.,  Amboy 
Division. 

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Hewitt,  N.  J.,  40.5  miles,  New  York  &  Greenwood  Lake 
Rv. 

Jones's  Point,  N.  V.,  39-3  miles,  \\  est  Shore  R.  R. 
Middletown,  X.  J.,  39.8  miles,  Xew  York  &  Long  Branch 

R-  R- 

Monmouth  Junction,  X.  J.,  41.2  miles,  Pennsylvania  R.  R. 

New  Canaan,  Conn.,  ,<2  miles,  New  York,  New  Haven  & 
Hartford  R.  K.,  New  Canaan  Branch. 

North  Branch,  N.  J.,  40.4  miles,  Central  R.  R.  of  New 
Jersey. 

Northport,  L.  I.,  J0V4  miles,  Long  Island  R.  R. 

Peekskill,  N.  Y.,  41V4  miles,  New  York  Central  &  Hudson 
River  R.  EL 

Southfields,   N.   Y.,  42.1  miles,  Erie  R.  R. 

West  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.,  41  miles,  New  Jersey  &  New 
York  R.  R. 

West  Somers.  X.  Y.,  40  miles.  New  York  &  Putnam  Ry. 
kBOUT  50  MILES  FROM  ITORKi 

Annandale,  N.  J..  51.4  miles.  Central  R.  R.  of  New  Jersey. 

Carmel,  N.  Y.,  49.6  miles.  New  York  ft  Putnam  Ry. 

Cornwall,  X.  Y.,  52  3  miles,  West  Shore  R.  R. 

Fairfield,  Conn.,  51  miles,  New  York,  New  Haven  & 
Hertford    R.  K. 

Flemington,  N.  J.,  51.2  miles.  Central  R.  R.  of  New  Jersey, 
South  Branch;  53V2  miles  hy  Lehigh  Yalley  R.  R. 

Freehold,  N.  J.,  52.8  miles,  Pennsylvania  R.  R.,  Amboy 
Division. 

Garrison's,  N.  Y.,  49%  miles,  New  York  Central  ft  Hudson 
River  R.  R. 

C.reenwood  Lake,  N.  Y.,  49  miles,  New  York  &  Greenwood 
Like  Kv. 

Highland  Mills,  N.  Y.,  49-7  miles,  Erie  R.  R.,  Newburg 
Branch 

Hopatcong.  N.  J.,  49  miles,  Delaware,  Lackawanna  & 
Western  R.  R. 

Ironia.  N.  L.  50  miles,  Delaware,  Lackawanna  &  \\  estern 
R.  R..  Chester  Branch.  ,  . 

Lake  Mahopac.  N.  Y..  51  miles.  HaHem  R.  R.  Division. 

Monroe.  N.  Y..  49  6  miles,  Erie  R.  R. 

Princeton.  N.  L.  ^.3  miles.  Penn^vlvania  R.  R. 

St.  Tames.  L.  I.,  50^  miles.  Long  Inland  R.  R. 

Stockholm.  N.  L.  <;o  miles,  New  York,  Susquehanna  & 
Western  R.  R.  „ 

We^t  End,  N.  L,  50.3  miles,  New  York  &  Long  Branch 
R.  R. 

ABOUT  60  MILES  FROM  NEW  YORK: 

Andover,  N.  J..  61  miles.  Delaware,  Lackawanna  &  West- 
ern R.  R.,  Sussex  Branch. 

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Clinton,  X.  J.,  6oV4  miles,  Lehigh  Valley  R.  R. 
Farmingdale,  N.  J.,  60.4  miles,  Pennsylvania  R.  R.,  Amboy 
Division. 

Fishkill,  N.  Y.,  59  miles,  New  York  Central  &  Hudson 
River  R.  R. 

Franklin,    N.   J.,   59  miles,   New   York,    Susquehanna  & 
Western  R.  R. 
Goshen,  N.  Y.,  59.7  miles,  Erie  R.  R. 

Hackettstown,  N.  J.,  60.1  miles,  Delaware,  Lackawanna  & 
Western  R.  R. 

Newburg,  N.  Y.,  56.7  miles,  West  Shore  R.  R. ;  63.7  miles, 
Erie  Ry.,  Newburg  Branch. 

Patterson,  N.  Y.,  60  miles,  Harlem  R.  R.  Division. 

Spring  Lake,  N.  J.,  60  miles,  New  York  &  Long  Branch 
R.  R. 

Stratford,  Conn.,  59  miles,  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hart- 
ford R.  R. 

Trenton,   N.  J.,   56.8  miles,   via   Pennsylvania  R.   R. ;  62 
miles  via  Central  R.  R.  of  New  Jersey. 
Yaphank,  L.  L,  58%  miles,  Long  Island  R.  R. 


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CHAPTER  IX. 
THE  STORY  OF  THE  GREATEST 
STORE  IS  THE  CITY. 

The  visitor  who  turns  homeward  trutn  Greater  New  York 
without  having  spent  at  least  half  a  day  in  making  a  system- 
atic inspection  of  the  Big  Store  of  Siegel-Cooper  Co.,  will 
have  omitted  to  see  one  of  the  principal,  and  certainly  THE 
most  interesting  sight  of  the  great  metropolis. 

Now  la  re  else  in  the  world  can  one  view  an  area  of  15M. 
iicre*,  or  nearly  750,000  square  feet,  loaded  w  ith  the  finest  mer- 
chandise that  money  can  purchase,  and  that  within  the  folic 
walls  of  one  building. 

Free  as  air  is  this  most  stupendous  achievement  in  the  an- 
nals of  Greater  New  York's  commercial  grandeur.  A  RUM. 
woman,  or  child  may  wander  all  day  through  the  wide  aisles 
of  this  magnificent  temple  of  commerce,  examining  the 
myriad  products  of  human  industry,  and  this  without  being 
importuned  to  purchase.  He  or  she  is  the  welcome  guest  of 
the  Siegel-Cooper  Company,  and  expressly  for  the  guidance  of 
such  visitors  has  this  booklet  been  prepared. 

Every  one  in  Greater  New  York  knows  the  location  of  the 
Big  Store.  The  Sixth  Ave.  Elevated  Railroad  has  a  station  at 
its  \ery  doors.  Horsecars,  cable  cars,  and  all  conveyances 
pass  its  portals,  situate  as  they  are  in  the  heart'  of  the  retail 
shopping  district,  facing  that  principal  thoroughfare  of  trade 
and  traffic— Sixth  ave.— between  18th  and  19th  sts. 

Let  the  visitor  approach  the  store  from  19th  st.  and  oixth 
ave.  The  imposing  white  edifice,  with  its  200  feet  of  frontage 
and  465  feet  of  depth  reminds  one  of  the  architectural  beauties 
of  the  World's  Columbian  Exposition.  Above  its  six  floors, 
basement,  cellar,  and  extra  story  on  the  roof,  rises  a  lofty 
tower  245  feet  above  the  sidewalk.  Here  shines  a  giant 
searchlight  visible  for  30  miles  around-  But  it  is  early  day, 
and  searchlights  shine  at  night.  Let  us  enter  the  store  and 
inspect: 

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THE  MAIN  FLOOR.  On  entering  the  Big  Store  by  the 
imposing  main  entrance  in  the  center  of  the  6th  ave.  front- 
age, the  effect  is  again  similar  to  that  produced  by  the  first 
view  of  one  of  the  great  industrial  buildings  of  the  late  Chi- 
cago exhibition.  W  hile  the  vast  proportions  of  the  ornate  ex- 
terior may  have  awakened  admiration,  it  is  not  until  one  is 
within  its  walls  that  the  extent  of  the  Big  Store  is  fully  appre- 
ciated. Truly,  it  is  a  city  in  itself,  for  daily  within  its 
walls,  3,100  earn  their  bread  and  minister  to  the  wants  of 
i20,coo  visitors. 

On  either  side  of  the  broad  central  avenue,  the  perspective 
of  which  is  only  broken  by  a  gleaming  Statue  of  the  Repub- 
lic, surrounded  by  fountain  jets,  arise  hundreds  of  graceful 
columns,  supporting  the  decorated  ceiling. 

On  the  side  and  across  aisles  formed  by  these  pillars, 
the  bases  of  which  are  surrounded  with  mirrors,  are  the  sales 
counters,  stocked  with  every  conceivable  variety  of  goods. 
Raised  at  the  rear  of  each  counter  are  cashiers'  desks  and 
wrapping  tables  to  insure  rapidity  of  service. 

One  of  the  notable  features,  illustrating  the  broad  hospital- 
ity of  the  Big  Store,  is  that  no  distinction  is  made  between 
purchasers  and  mere  visitors  and  sightseers,  the  series  of 
promenades,  apart  from  the  displays  of  goods,  being  intended 
for  the  express  use  of  out-of-town  sightseers,  as  well  as  the 
ample  areas  around  the  fountain.  Here  all  are  invited  to 
make  their  common  meeting-place  for  their  own  profit  and 
convenience.  So  thoroughly  has  the  populace  of  Greater  New 
York  accepted  this  invitation  that  "  Meet  Me  at  the  Foun- 
tain "  has  become  a  familiar  household  expression. 

DEPARTMENTS  OP  THE  MAIN  FLOOR.  Mar;- 
and  varied  are  the  articles  here  exposed  for  sale.  A  partial 
classification  is  as  follows,  the  figures  referring  to  the  large 
figures  painted  on  the  pillars  or  columns,  facilitating  the  lo- 
cating of  particular  departments: 

Accommodation  Wrapping  Desk,  between  15  and  17. 

Albums,  25. 

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Bedding,  20. 
Blankets,  20. 

Books  and  Stationery,  21. 
Candy  and  Soda  Water,  15  and  17- 
Cigars  and  Tobacco,  40. 
Clocks,  2. 

Clothing  (Men's  and  Boys'),  25  to  40. 

Cut  Flowers,  15. 

Cutlery,  etc.,  2. 

Dress  Goods,  3  to  9. 

Drugs  and  Chemicals,  14. 

Drug  Sundries,  10  and  12. 

Exchange  office.  «7- 

Gloves  (Ladies'  and  Men  s),  6. 

Handkerchiefs,  between  16  and  18. 

Hats  (Men's  and  Boys'),  27. 

Hosiery  (Ladies',  Men's,  and  Children  s),  13  and  15. 

Knit ^Underwear  (Ladies',  Men's  and  Children's),  13. 

Laces,  12. 

Laundry,  13. 

Leather  Goods,  16. 

Linens,  20. 

Linings,  18. 

Men's  Furnishings,  9. 

Muslins,  etc.,  20. 

Notions,  between  16  and  18. 

Optical  Goods,  2. 

Organdies,  Lawns,  etc.,  20.  • 
Patterns  (Butterick's),  between  16  and  18. 
Postoffice  Sub-station,  15. 

Ribbons,  8.  ,  _-  ~ 

Rubber  Clothing  (Men's  and  Boys  ),  29. 

School  Stationery,  21. 

Shoes,  17  to  21. 

Silks.  1  and  3- 

Silverware,  4- 

Telegraph  Office,  15- 

Toilet  Goods.  4  to  10. 

Transfer  Desk,  17. 

Trimmings,  i«. 

Umbrellas  and  Parasols,  6. 

Valises,  8. 

Veiling,  16. 

Velvets,  1. 

Watch  Repair  and  Engraving,  2. 
White  Goods,  20. 
Woolens,  20. 


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Varied  and  valuable  indeed  is  the  display  of  merchandise  on 
this  main  floor.  It  runs  the  gamut  from  choice  cut  flowers  for 
the  fair  sex  to  cigars  and  tobacco  for  the  lords  of  creation. 
You  can  buy  a  blanket  to  keep  out  the  cold  or  purchase  an 
iced  soda  drink  to  keep  cool.  Here  is  located  a  regular  sub- 
station of  the  United  States  Postoffice  and  a  telegraph  office. 
You  can  purchase  a  book  or  a  pair  of  shoes,  an  umbrella  or 
rubber  coat.  Here  are  valises  for  travelers  and  the  most 
artistic  of  custom  tailors  for  men  or  boys.  Everything 
is  of  the  best  Quality  and  is  sold  at  the  lowest  possible 
price. 

There  has  been  for  some  time  a  popular  error  prevalent  as 
to  large  department  stores,  an  idea  that  only  a  cheap  quality 
of  goods  were  on  sale.  Never  was  there  a  greater  mistake 
made  as  to  the  Big  Store.  Here  are  articles  just  as  fine  and 
costly  as  any  special  retail  store  of  Broadway  or  5th  ave.  can 
display,  but  sold  cheaper,  sold  for  cash  only,  and  sold  cheap- 
er because  of  this  fact. 

It  is  an  ideal  shopper's  paradise.  All  things  are  at  his 
command,  fhe  visitor  can  purchase  in  every  department 
from  basement  to  roof  and,  by  an  excellent  transfer  system, 
make  one  payment  for  all  his  goods.  He  is  troubled  with 
no  parcels  nor  packages,  for  a  free  delivery  of  purchases  in 
all  the  area  immediately  surrounding  Greater  New  York  is  in 
operation. 

Let  us  proceed  around  this  vast  main  floor  and  notice  its 
excellent  lighting. 

By  day  every  nook  and  cranny  of  the  Big  Store  is  flooded 
with  light  from  the  expanse  of  plate-glass  windows  which 
form  its  three  sides,  so"  that  in  every  corner  the  most  delicate- 
ly shaded  tints  may  be  matched  without  the  customary  trip 
to  an  advantageous  light.  But  when  the  dusk  comes  it  is 
then  that  the  brilliancy  of  this  extraordinary  store,  with 
its  thousands  of  electric  lights,  will  be  most  appreciated. 

The  palatial  promenade,  400  feet  long  and  fully  25  feet  wide, 
is  offered  unequivocally  to  the  public  as  a  free  and  open 


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strolling  ground,  and  during  the  hours  of  business  is  in- 
tended for  public  use,  with  no  more  restrictions  than  govern 
the  avenues  and  parks  of  New  York  City.  Intersected  at  half 
its  length  by  similar  walks  north  and  south,  extending  across 
the  block  between  18th  and  19th  sts.,  the  center  forms  a  circle 
around  the  ornamental  fountain,  in  the  midst  of  which  stands 
a  $15,000  reproduction  of  that  majestic  Statue  of  the  Republic 
which  adorned  the  Court  of  Honor  at  the  World's  Fair.  All 
around  are  seats  and  resting  places,  with  light  refreshments 
close  at  hand. 

BAJbGOMY.  All  around  the  men's  department  runs  a  bal- 
cony, wherein  are  located  offices  pertaining  to  practically  all 
the  business  and  professions  one  might  see  represented  in  a 
city  street  or  an  entire  country  town.  On  mounting  by  the 
stairway,  on  the  right,  the  first  place  found  is  a  full-fledged 
bank.  Here  money  may  be  deposited,  and  all  the  regular 
business  of  a  savings  institution  done.  Here  foreign  ex- 
panses can  be  bought  and  sold,  drafts  on  foreign  companies 
obtained,  and  every  conceivable  item  of  banking  business 

done.  ,  .  , 

Dental  parlors  under  the  charge  of  skillful  and  experienced 

operators  are  also  found  here. 

The  Balconv  also  contains:  The  Complaint  Office,  a 
Check  Room  for  cloaks  and  parcels,  a  Lost  and  Found  Of- 
fice, a  Money  Order  Office  (Adam's  Express).  Telephone  Pay 
Stations,  and  the  office  of  the  Superintendent. 

ELEV  VTORS.  Let  us  return  to  the  main  floor  and  ap- 
proach the  double  bank  of  eight  handsome  Sprague  electric 
elevators  for  the  conveyance  of  visitors  and  descend  into 
the 

BASEMENT,  which  contains 

The  Barber  Shop, 

Baskets. 

The  Cafe  and  Restaurant. 
Crockerv  Department, 
Flectrical  Supplies, 

Glassware, 

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Hardware. 
Kitchen  Outfits, 
Lamps, 

Marble  and  Bronze  Statuary, 

Refrigerators, 
Stoves, 

Willow  Ware, 
Wooden  Ware. 

THE  RESTAURANT  accommodates  350  patrons  at  once, 
and  is  the  pink  of  cleanly  neatness.  Here  some  3,000  visit- 
ors are  fed  daily,  and  all  the  employees'  food  is  cooked. 
The  excellence  of  everything  is  guaranteed  by  the  fact  that  all 
stores  are  drawn  from  the  best  goods  sold  by  the  Big  Store. 
Your  chop  or  steak  comes  from  the  magnificent  ice  chests 
you  will  see  in  the  meat  market,  the  coffee  from  the  finest 
in  the  grocery  department.  An  army  of  110  neatly  attired 
employees  are  here  to  minister  to  the  wants  of  the  inner  man 
or  woman,  and  the  cool  quietude  of  the  place  will  induce 
many  to  linger  over  their  meals  and  watch  the  methods  by 
which  such  excellence  is  attained. 

BARBER  SHOP.  Adjoining  the  restaurant  we  find  a 
model  barber  shop,  where  skilled  tonsorial  artists  await  visi- 
tors. Especial  attention  is  paid  to  children's  haircutting.  Re- 
turning to  the  store  part  of  the  basement  the  visitor  comes 
to 

THE  ART  CROCKERY  DEPARTMENT.  Here  the 
gems  of  Europe  are  on  display.  We  can  feast  our  artistic  eyes 
on  $650  marble  figures  by  Lapini,  of  Florence,  and  marvel  at 
the  delicate  lines  on  Royal  Vienna  vases  at  $500  per  pair. 
Here  are  lamps  worth  $150,  and  plates  fit  for  an  emperor's 
feast,  at  $330  a  dozen.  We  see  Royal  Worcester  vases  at  $100 
each.  French  onyx  pedestals  at  $160;  Sevres  ware  at  $100; 
Cloisonne  ware,  Teplitz  ware,  Royal  Dresden,  and  the  gems 
of  European  ceramic  art. 

Nor  is  utility  a  whit  less  considered  than  luxury.  Jn  the 
24,000  square  feet  of  this  department  are  articles  to  embellish 
the  home  of  the  artisan  as  well  as  those  suitable  to  adorn  the 
palace  of  the  millionaire. 


All  around  on  the  extensive  floor  are  assortments  of 
Baskets,  Crockery,  Electrical  Supplies,  <.!.••<.- 
ware,     Hardware,     Kitcaea     0»tat«,  Lamp*, 

Store*,  Willowware,  and  Wooden  ware. 

ENGINES-ROOM  \M>  MACHINERY.  On  the  i8th  Bt 
side  of  the  building  is  situate  one  of  the  most  modern  and 
perfect  engine-rooms  in  the  city.  Here  are  installed  the 
fourteen  tireless  giants,  who  do  all  the  heavy  work  of  this 
huge  building,  and  some  of  its  most  delicate  operations.  An 
aggregate  horse-power  of  1,550  is  here  in  harness,  varying 
from  the  monster  of  225  horse-power  to  the  little  giant 
with  a  power  of  25  horses.  Nine  dynamos  and  thirty-two 
electrical  motors  are  also  on  the  floor,  with  a  total  power  of 
7,450  amperes.  A  force  of  sixty  men  regulate  the  motion  of 
this  vast  force,  and  some  of  its  objects  are  curious  indeed. 

Not  only  is  all  the  lighting  and  elevating  power  generated 
here,  but  the  coffee  in  the  grocery  department  is  ground,  the 
churns  for  making  butter  are  whirled  around,  the  carpenter's 
shop  is  furnished  with  motive  power,  the  sewing-machines 
are  run,  the  dental  apparatus,  delicate  to  a  degree,  is  set  in 
motion,  the  hair-dyeing  in  the  manicuring  department  is  ef- 
fected, and  the  burnishing  in  the  photograph-gallery  is  done 
by  power  furnished  by  this  engine-room. 

The  engine-room  is  200  feet  long,  and  contains  nine  dyna- 
mos, two  of  these  being  the  largest  ever  built.  The  dis- 
tribution of  electric  wires  throughout  the  building  makes  a 
circuit  exceeding  one  hundred  and  twenty  miles,  and  in  addi- 
tion to  purposes  already  enumerated,  by  means  of  these  slen- 
der wires,  flags  are  hoisted,  fountains  colored,  cloaks  and 
millinery  ironed,  sewing-machines  run.  and  telephonic  com- 
munication established  in  all  parts  of  the  building  from  150 
stations,  which  are  all  in  communication  without  the  aid  of  a 
central  office. 

Perhaps  the  most  interesting  object  in  the  motor-room  is 
the  magnificent  marble  switchboard,  of  which  each  indi%idual 
light  and  every  separate  application  of  electricity  throughout 


the  store  are  controlled  with  lightest  touch  of  the  operator's 
finger.  This  switchboard  is  nearly  fifty  feet  long,  constructed 
of  magnificent  white  Italian  marble,  and  raised  six  feet  above 
the  floor  level  on  an  iron  framework,  which  also  supports  a 
platform  for  the  operators,  with  massive  brass  rails,  the  whole 
being  very  handsome.  Illuminated  indicators  and  recording 
instruments  grace  the  face  of  the  switchboard,  which  may  be 
seen  the  full  length  of  the  room,  so  that  an  electrician  work- 
ing around  the  most  distant  engine  or  motor  may  see  the 
power  register  each  moment  at  a  glance.  Municipal  regula- 
tions, as  to  fencing  in  machinery  in  motion,  prevent  the  pro- 
prietors of  the  Big  Store  throwing  open  the  machinery  to 
public  inspection,  but  an  excellent  view  is  to  be  had  from  the 
doorway,  and  this  motor-room  can  not  fail  to  prove  one  of 
the  sights  of  New  York. 

Here  are  also  the  ventilating  machinery,  the  ice  machines, 
the  r.v.tomatic  coal  scales,  and  the  immense  boiler  plant 
needed  to  run  ail  these  machines. 

Some  of  the  statistics  of  this  department  are  curious  for 
their  magnitude.  Twenty-three  elevators  in  all  are  operated 
by  electricity,  in  one  of  them  10  x  16  feet,  a  huge  delivery 
wagon  is  raised  to  the  sixth  floor,  there  loaded  under  cover, 
and  thence  lowered  for  the  team  of  horses  to  draw  to  its 
place  of  destination.  Sixty  thousand  gallons  of  water  are  at 
hand  in  the  engine-room  wells  for  the  sprinkler  service  in 
case  of  fire,  and  an  additional  supply  of  128,000  gallons  is 
ready  on  the  roof.  The  fountain  is  operated  by  a  pump  with 
a  capacity  of  1,000  gallons  a  minute.  Each  dynamo  in  the  en- 
gine-room is  named  after  an  illustrious  man  in  electrical  sci- 
ence. Six  hundred  arc  and  13,000  incandescent  lamps  are 
supplied  with  current,  and  36  motors  are  operated  in  different 
departments.  The  ten  main  passenger  elevators  make  an 
average  of  2,500  round  trips  a  day,  or  a  total  of  nearly  95  car 
miles.  The  marble  switchboard  has  over  9,000  holes  in  it  for 
wires,  has  16,960  pounds  (or  over  eight  tons)  of  copper  at  its 
back,  and  has  over  10,000  nuts,  1,800  bolts,  and  15,000  washers 
attached  to  it,  with  294  wires  connected  to  it.  In  the 
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building  there  are  over  1,400,000  feet  of  piping  and  965  miles 
-C^A*  points  in  the  Big  Store  is  the^ontro! 
of  the  elevators  by  electnc  buttons  ™^.^f*Z*£ 
ism  whereby  the  elevator  can  not  move  Without  the  contm- 
ued  attention  of  the  operator,  a  novel  and  absolute  guaranty 
aea.n.t  accident.  Another  is  the  .solation  of  each  of  the 
K?  dynamos  ,n  one  of  the  basements  upon  separate  foun- 
dauons  obviating  all  jarring,  and  enabling  a  whisper  to  be 
heard  between  the  whirring  monsters.  Then  the  asphalt  sub- 
stratum  of  the  sub-cellar,  making  the  whole  budd.ng  damp- 
proof,  is  another  of  the  extraordinary  mcet.es  whereby  the 
proprietors  of  this  establishment  at  every  point  ^ 
suited  the  health,  comfort,  and  safety  alike  of  the  public  and 
of  their  four  thousand  employees.  . 

SECOND  FLOOR.  The  second  floor  of  the  building  is 
principally  devoted  to  the  sale  of  ladies'  cloaks,  suits,  m,  11, 
nery.  muslin  underwear,  art  embroideries,  toys,  and  athletic 

g0i°n  addition  to  the  enormous  counters  and  exhibition  cases 
thele  t   dozens   of   elegantly   furnished  pnva 
rooms  for  every  conceivable  article   of  dress.     Suits,  cos 
uC,  waists,  cloaks,  corsets,  hats  and  bonnets,  even  un  r 
wear;  all  may  try  before  they  buy  in  properly  appointed  little 
retiring  rooms  for  that  purpose. 

T  e  most  attractive  and  the  unique  feature  of  the  second 
floor  however,  is  the  magnificent  saloon,  mode.il, ^termed 
"  the  ladies'  parlor,"  and  the  appointments  opening  out  of  t 
though  there  are  separate  sets  of  toilet  rooms  on  every 
floor  of  the  building,  exclusively  for  the  accommo Ration .0 
visitors  the  innovation  of  a  ladies'  parlor  ana  its  acces 
r ies  amplv  illustrates  the  prodigality  of  the  proprietory 1  of 
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floor  and  readily  accessible  from  any  of  the  elevator,  the 
ground  staircase,  or  either  of  the  four  stairways  at  each  cor 


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ner  of  the  building,  is  free  to  all  comers,  provided  merely 
that  they  be  of  the  fair  sex.  It  is  a  vast  and  beautifully  ap- 
pointed apartment,  with  tiled  floor,  covered  with  costly  Ori- 
ental rugs,  and  furnished  with  plush-  and  satin-covered 
lounges,  sofas,  and  divans. 

In  this  elegant  saloon  the  Empire  style  prevails,  and  it  is 
lit  after  sundown  by  brilliant  electric  lamps  on  walls  and 
ceilings,  the  brackets  of  which  are  of  elegant  design. 

On  the  second  floor  are  to  be  found: 
Artificial  Flowers,  Plants,  etc.,  9. 
Artists'  Materials,  23. 
Art  Needle  Work,  23. 
Baby  Carriages,  33. 
Bicycles,  36. 
Children's  Room. 
Cloaks  and  Suits  (Ladies'),  4. 
•     Cloaks  and  Outfits  (Children's),  3. 
Colored  Skirts,  17. 
Corsets,  17. 

Dolls  and  Toys,  29  to  39. 
Doctor's  Office,  26. 
Exchange  Office,  25. 
Fancy  Goods,  2v 
Furs,  1. 

Harness  and  Horse  Goods,  39  and  40. 

Infants'  Outfits,  15. 

Ladies'  Parlor  and  Toilet,  18. 

Millinery,  1  to  9. 

Muslin  Underwear,  11-17. 

Musical  Instruments,  35. 

Manicure  and  Hair  Dressing,  12. 

Nursery,  22. 

Pictures  and  Frames,  28. 
Photographers'  Supplies,  21. 
Rubber  Clothing. (Ladies'),  16. 
Sewing  Machines,  26. 
Sporting  Goods,  36. 
Shawls,  16. 
Sheet  Music,  35. 
Theatrical  Supplies,  36. 
Trunks,  37. 

Trimmed  and  U"ntrimmed  Hats,  5. 
Toys,  29  to  39. 
Waists,  14. 
Wrappers,  12. 


Will  Call  Office,  25. 

Writing  Room.  _ 
This  vast  second  floor  is  essentially  the  delight  of  the  fair 
sex.  Here  are  the  choicest  confections  in  millinery;  seal- 
skins from  $150  to  $300;  costumes  ranging  in  price  from  $7 
to  $125;  cloth  and  velour  cloaks  from  $3-75  to  $I0°;  s,lk 
waists  from  $1  to  $40;  teagowns  and  wrappers  from  75  cents 
to  $40;  children's  garments  from  $2  to  $40;  mackintoshes 
from  $2.50  to  $15,  and  a  thousand  and  one  things  desirable  to 
the  feminine  eye. 

The  athlete  is  here  at  home,  as  well  as  the  sportsman, 
horse  lover,  or  hunter.  We  find  $250  imported  shotguns  near 
fishhooks  at  three  cents  per  100,  an  arsenal  of  sporting  weap- 
ons and  every  conceivable  kind  of  appliance  for  outdoor 
recreation.  There  are  cameras  for  the  amateur  or  professional 
photographer,  ranging  in  price  from  $1.85  to  $250;  bicycles 
from  $15  to  $125;  harness,  from  a  five-cent  curry-comb  to  a 
complete  set  at  $1,000.  There  are  s.ooo  square  feet  exclu- 
sively devoted  to  sporting  goods. 

Here  also  we  find  sheet  music  from  one  cent  to  $2.50  a 
copy;  violins  from  $1.50  to  $250;  strings  at  three  cents,  and 
artists'  materials  to  paint  a  picture  complete. 

The  second  floor  is  peculiarly  the  headquarters  of  our  old 
friend  Santa  Claus.  In  the  Christmas  holiday  time  and  in 
ample  time  before  the  stockings  are  hung  up,  the  fine  old 
fellow  revered  by  every  child  and  half  believed  in  by  the 
elders',  comes  to  his  best  friends,  the  Big  Store,  with  his 
finest  team  of  reindeer  and  most  varied  collection  of  toys. 

He  chuckles  with  pleasure  as  the  happy  children  circle 
around  him.  Their  rosy  faces  and  delighted  eyes  are  his 
best  reward.  The  parents  purchase  their  offerings  for  the 
little  stockings  to  hold,  and  Santa,  bustling  and  important, 
hurries  to  the  basement  with  his  old  companion.  Kris 
Kringle,  to  superintend  the  loading  of  the  155  great  wagons 
which  are  used  at  Christmas  to  help  out  his  overtaxed 
reindeer.  For  if  his  deliveries  are  not  on  time,  the  tears  of 


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one  disappointed  child  would  make  jo.ly  o.d  Santa  Cauo 
mourn  for  a  whole  long  year. 

THIRD  FLOOR.  The  visitor  again  makes  use  of  the 
commodious  electric  elevator  and  ascends  to  the  third  floor, 
whereon  are  to  be  found  the  following  departments: 

Advertising  Department. 

Beds,  i j  to  16. 

Buyers'  Office  (entrance  on  18th  street),  40. 
Grrpets,  i  to  15. 
Furniture,  16  to  38. 

Main  Office  of  Ihe  Siegel-Cooper  Co.,  23. 
Notary  Public,  29. 
Upholstery,  15  to  19. 
Wallpaper,  2. 

Very  interesting  indeed  is  the  vast  exhibit  of  the  Furniture 
Department,  which  annually  outfits  4,000  homes,  in  addition 
to  selling  hundreds  of  thousands  of  single  articles  of  fur- 
niture to  embellish  homes  already  furnished.  Here  amid 
the  120,000  square  feet  of  space  devoted  to  showrooms  (and 
storage  on  higher  floors),  one  can  see  the  blushing  and 
beautiful  bride-to-be  selecting  the  fittings  of  her  future  home. 
It  is  the  expectant  bridegroom's  haunt  and  department.  He 
can  purchase  the  furniture  for  a  five-room  flat  for  the  modest 
sum  of  $60,  or  if  his  purse  be  heavy  enough,  can  spend  $6,000 
in  the  embellishment  of  the  same  space  for  his  bride's  de- 
light. 

The  showroom  contains  but  a  single  specimen  of  each  arti- 
cle, all  the  vast  stock  being  stored  upstairs.  Purchased  direct 
of  the  manufacturers  the  gems  of  the  cabinetmaker's  art 
come  to  the  Big  Store  in  pieces.  Each  article  is  examined 
by  expert  workmen,  and  then,  and  only  if  found  absolutely 
perfect,  is  it  put  together  and  taken  into  stock  for  sale.  The 
"  clocks  that  wouldn't  figure  "  meet  a  speedy  rejection,  and 
never  reach  a  purchaser's  home. 

The  parlor  suits  are  well  worthy  of  careful  inspection, 
ranging  in  price  from  three-piece  suits  at  $12.50  to  $600. 
With  a  furniture  stock  of  100  huge  railroad  carloads  always 
at  hand  and  1,000  carloads  arriving  annually,  small  wonder  is 


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it  that  the   m  Store's  furniture  floors  have  ever  been  a 
wonderful  exhibit  even  to  the  trade. 

On  this  floor  is  situate  the  handsome  and  vast  business 
office,  directing  the  energies  of  this  mammoth  concern.  One 
marvels  at  the  tireless  energy  of  the  brains  of  this  vast  con- 
cern, factor  as  it  is  for  the  public  welfare  as  much  as  it  is 
for  individual  gain.  We  again  a.cend  by  the  elevator  and 
reach 

THB  POl  RTH  FLOOR,  which  presents  the  appearance 
of  a  great  international  food  exhibition.  Here  again  a  popu- 
lar promenade  is  provided  by  the  great  central  aisle,  on 
either  side  of  which  are  booths  or  stalls,  each  selling  every 
conceivable  proprietary  and  patent  preparation  of  food. 
Every  known  food  product  of  all  countries  on  the  globe  is 
there  espied,  not  only  for  sale,  but  fur  free  sampling. 

The  entire  floor,  with  its  03.000  square  feet  of  space,  is 
devoted  to  groceries,  meat,  vegetables,  fruit  and  dairy  prod- 
ucts, making  the  biggest  and  most  extensive  market  under 
one  management  in  the  world. 

Visitors  are  forcibly  reminded  of  the  pure  food  shows 
which  have  been  held  in  Madison  Square  Garden  and  else- 
where but  this  last,  which  occupies  a  fraction  of  the  big 
store  building,  exceeds  them  all  in  the  variety  and  abundance 
of  its  exhibits.  Behind  hundreds  of  little  counters  or  stalls 
neatlv  attired  young  women  or  uniformed  salesmen  offer  their 
wares  for  gratuitous  sample.  An  epicurean  tea  drinker  or  a 
coffee  connoisseur  can  satiate  himself  with  samples  of  every 
known  brand.  All  who  favor  the  multitude  of  waters  and 
proprietary  drinks  wind)  flood  the  country  have  an  oppor- 
tunity to  test  and  taste  the  rival  thirst-quenchers  to  the  full. 

Housekeeping  cares  become  luxurious  in   such   a  ptace. 
The  housewife  seats  herself  at  a  cozy  little  table  and  a  bright 
oung  woman  takes  her  order,  bringing,  as  often  as  required^ 
lampL  of  the  food  products  desired.    There  is  ample  room 
for  all  and  abundant  attendants  to  wait  on  every  one. 


Noticeable  features  are  the  electrically  operated  coffee- 
grinding  machines,  the  ingenious  sugar-weighing  apparatus, 
and  the  dairy  where  butter  is  made  in  the  visitor's  view.  The 
senses  are  tickled  by  a  thousand  and  one  wholesome  scents 
of  the  finest  comestibles,  and  does  one  desire  to  purchase  a 
little  wine  for  his  stomach's  sake  and  for  home  consumption 
a  well-appointed  \\  ine  and  Spirit  Department  presents  every 
known  product  of  the  vine. 

Along  the  north  side  of  the  fourth  floor  are  ranged  the 
magnificent  refrigerators,  those  for  dairy  produce  and  fish 
being  toward  the  west,  while  the  butcher's  stores  are  at  the 
east  end.  This  creat  three  hundred  feet  stretch  of  double 
glass  freezing  houses  is  among  the  most  interesting  spec- 
tacles in  the  vast  house  of  wonders.  Never  before,  perhaps, 
has  the  handling,  or,  rather,  transportation,  of  fresh  meat 
been  done  so  delicately.  For,  from  the  time  it  leaves  the 
company's  slaughter  houses  until  it  reaches  the  butcher's 
block  for  disintegration  into  salable  cuts  and  joints,  the  great 
half  carcasses  of  beef  or  mutton  are  not  handled  at  all. 

From  one  of  the  huge  freight  elevators  runs  a  single  rail- 
road track  of  iron,  on  which  are  suspended  the  great  chunks 
of  meat.  By  means  of  switches  and  sidings  these  are  run 
into  position  within  the  immense  transparent  freezing  rooms, 
and  there,  as  with  the  trucks  of  a  complicated  railroad  sys- 
tem, moved  about  at  will.  The  butchers'  blocks  are  in  them- 
selves a  picture.  Cleanliness  and  order  have  been  the  guiding 
spirit  in  the  planning  of  this  latest  and  greatest  of  the  world's 
department  stores. 

A  most  popular  feature  of  this  fourth  floor  is  the  exhibit  of 
Birds  and  Animals  for  sale.  W  hile  space  does  not  admit  of 
the  exhibition  of  the  larger  wild  creatures  such  as  the  lordly 
elephant  or  the  monarch  of  the  wilds— the  lion,  yet  a  most 
comprehensive  collection  is  always  on  view.  Birds  in  all 
their  beauteous  plumage  sing  and  twitter  in  handsome  cages, 
monkeys  gambol  for  the  delight  of  the  children,  and  a  touch 
of  nature  comes  into  a  most  interesting  mart  of  commerce 
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The  various  departments  found  on  the  fourth  loor  are  as 

follows: 

Birds  and  Animals,  between  Pillars  16  and  18. 

Fresh  Fish  and  Oysters,  5- 

Fresh  Fruits,  13. 

Fresh  Meats,  19- 

Groceries,  1  to  24. 

Vegetables,  11. 

W  ines  and  Liquors,  14. 

THE  FIFTH  \M>  SIXTH  FliOORS  are  nol  opei 
visitors.  Here  are  located  the  vast  stockrooms  of  the  Big 
Store  One  can  find  furniture  going  to  Honolulu  in  Ha- 
waii, to  l'etropolis  in  Brazil  and  two  carloads  to  a  British 
Secretary  of  Legation  at  Stockholm  in  Sweden.  The  fame  o 
the  Big  Store  as  a  place  where  man  can  purchase  wisely  and 
well  has  spread  to  the  ends  of  the  earth,  and  such  facts  are 
telling  instances  of  American  enterprise.  Here  is  the  Mail 
Order  Department,  for  the  convenience  of  out-of-town  cus- 
tomers; the  female  employees'  lunchroom,  where  600  can 
lunch  at  one  time  and  at  cost.  There  is  also  a  cozy  parlor 
for  the  young  women,  with  a  piano,  newspapers,  a  library 
and  gymnasium  for  the  welfare  of  its  employees  is  the  Big 
Store's  first  concern. 

A  neat  little  temporary  hospital,  with  six  snow-white  beds, 
shows  also  how  keen  a  care  the  Siegel-Cooper  Company  has 
for  its  fair  employees  even  if  temporarily  indisposed  A 
highly  qualified  physician  is  continuously  on  duty  for  visitors 
and  employees'  service  alike.  ' 

Here  is  the  Supply  Department,  a  business  in  itself  to 
keep  the  wheels  of  this  vast  business  rolling.  Here  they  use 
hundreds  of  gallons  of  black  and  red  ink  every  year.  Think 
of  a  business  that  uses  45,000  steel  pens  a  year,  1,200  papers 
of  pins  a  week,  80,000  grocery  bags  in  a  like  period,  and 
250,000  salesbooks  in  a  year. 

Imagine,  if  you  can,  the  vast  output  of  merchandise  w  ch 
requires  600  tons  of  wrapping  paper  in  a  year,  fiv  :  m, l  ion 
bags  in  the  same  period,  and  which  uses  up  nearly  one  hun- 
dred and  fifteen  million  feet  of  twine  in  twelve  months  sales. 
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The  wrapping  paper  alone,  if  spread  out,  would  cover  an 
area  of  nearly  38,000.000  square  feet. 

It  takes  40  gallons  of  mucilage  a  month  to  supply  the  Big 
Store's  needs,  while  the  cloak  and  suit  department  alone 
clamors  for  1,000  delivery  boxes  a  day.  Ten  thousand  handles 
for  small  parcels  such  as  meats  and  groceries  are  given 
away  to  customers  each  week. 

But  let  us  again  ascend  by  the  elevators  at  the  Sixth  ave- 
nue corners  of  the  store  to 

THE  ROOF,  not  the  least  attractive  portion  of  the  mam- 
moth establishment.  Here,  winter  and  summer  alike,  is  the 
colossal  conservatory  and  palm  house,  in  itself  a  sight  worthy 
of  some  substantial  botanical  garden. 

Tremendous  tree  ferns  occupy  the  center  of  the  cross- 
shaped  corridors,  ?.nd  these  are  hemmed  around  with  the 
most  magnificent  specimens  of  fan  and  other  palms,  India 
rubber  trees,  and  every  conceivable  form  of  ornamental  plant. 
Here,  throughout  the  year,  may  be  purchased  all  manner  of 
horticultural  triumphs  for  house  decoration;  plants  in  great 
profusion  are  for  sale,  and  cut  flowers  of  the  rarest  varieties 
or  those  in  more  ordinary  use.  Priceless  orchids  or  modest 
violets  are  here  sold  and  supplied  in  any  desired  quantities. 

Opening  from  this  floor  is  an  immense  photographic  gallery, 
the  largest  and  most  complete  in  the  United  States.  It  is 
fitted  up  with  all  the  latest  improvements  appertaining  to  the 
photographic  art,  and  an  able  staff  of  assistants  under  the 
control  of  a  master  of  the  art  of  artistic  portraiture.  Here 
the  visitor  can  obtain  the  finest  and  most  artistic  portraits, 
varying  in  size  from  the  smallest  miniature  to  life  size.  W  ith  ✓ 
a  capacity  for  completing  .1,000  photographs  on  a  bright  day 
and  20,000  in  a  week,  this  i=  the  most  modern  and  up-to-date 
gallery  in  America.  Enlarging  is  done  in  crayons,  water 
colors,  pastel,  and  oils.  The  visitor  can  obtain  a  crayon 
portrait  for  $1  to  $25,  or  he  can  pay  $250  to  $300  for  the  finest 
kind  of  reproduction  in  pastel  or  oils.  Proceeding  through 
the   great  reception-room   of  the   photographic  department, 


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past  the  many  cozy  and  elegant  dressing-  and  retiring-rooms 
with  which  it  is  provided,  the  staircase  leading  to  the  ob- 
servatory and  the  tower  which  ornament  the  Sixth  avenue 
front  of  the  building  is  reached.  A  flight  of  easy  steps  brings 
one  to  the  roomy  observatory,  situated  at  an  altitude  of  200 
feet,  and  from  which  may  be  obtained  one  of  the  most  central 
and,  therefore,  perhaps,  the  finest  bird's-eye  view  in  the  city. 

Still  higher  than  the  public  observatory,  in  the  summit  of 
the  tower,  is  the  great  Siegel-Cooper  searchlight.  This  mon- 
ster lens  is  thirty-six  inches  in  diameter,  the  largest  ever 
made,  and  when  working  at  full  power  projects  a  ray  equal 
to  seven  million  candles.  Its  light  is  visible  for  JO  miles. 
It  is  used  for  the  benefit  of  the  public  in  signaling  the  re- 
sults of  elections  and  like  matters,  and  for  the  benefit  of  the 
Big  Store  by  throwing  adverting  announcements  upon  the 
lower  surface  of  clouds  by  night.  When  returning  from  the 
tower  one  gets  a  glance  at  an  enormous  iron  tank,  and  thus 
one  is  reminded  of  the  extraordinary  precautions  which  have 
been  taken  by  the  architects  and  proprietors  to  make  the 
most  recent  retail  trading  house  absolutely  safe  from  fire. 

MISCELLANEOUS,  CURIOUS,  and  INTERESTING 
STATISTICS.  The  Big  Store  cost  over  Four  Millions 
of  Dollars  to  build.  Its  goods  and  fittings  cost  nearly 
Two  Million  Dollars  more.  The  approximate  value  of  mer- 
chandise in  the  store  is  two  million  dollars.  Over  one  mill- 
ion and  a  quarter  dollars  is  annually  paid  in  salaries  to  the 
employees  of  the  store.  There  are  68  departments,  the  ag- 
gregate sales  of  which  annually  reach  into  many  millions  of 
dollars.  The  Big  Store  regularly  employs  3.100  persons,  so 
that  at  the  moderate  estimate  of  4  persons  in  each  employee's 
family,  over  12,000  persons  are  in  a  way  dependent  on  the 
store.  In  the  holiday  season  there  are  over  4,500  employees. 
The  parcels  sent  out  average  15,000  daily.  It  is  estimated 
that  120,000  people  on  an  average  visit  the  store  daily.  At 
Christmas  this  number  is  more  than  doubled. 

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DELIVERY  OF  PARCELS.    New   York  Proper. 

Free  delivery  of  all  parcels  except  meats  and  fish  is  made  at 
repeated  intervals  during  the  day  for  the  whole  of  Manhattan 
Island.  A  truck  service  covers  the  same  area  for  heavier 
goods. 

Sl'Bl'RBS.     Free  delivery  is  in  operation  for  the  follow- 


ing  suburban  localities : 

Ampere 

Bushwick  Junction 

Aqueduct 

Carlstadt 

Areola 

Carlton  Hill 

Arlington 

Caryl 

Arlington— West 

Casanova 

Astoria 

Cherry  Tree  Point 

Athenia 

Chester  Park 

Avondale 

Chestnut  Hill 

Barretto  Point 

City  Island 

Bartow 

Clairmont 

Bath  Beach 

Claremont  Park 

Baychester 

Clarenceville 

Bay  Ridge 

Classon  Point 

Bayside 

Clifton 

Bayonne 

Clinton  Ave 

Bedford  Park 

College  Point 

Bellville 

Coney  Island 

Belmont 

Corona 

Bensonhurst 

Cowenhoven  Lane 

Bergen 

Coyteville 

Bergen— West 

Cranford 

Bergen  Beach 

Delawanna 

Bergen  Point 

Dundee  Lake 

Blissville 

Dunton 

B  loo  m  fi  c  1  d 

Dutch  Kills 

Blythebourne 

Dunwoodie 

Bogota 

Eastchester 

Bowery  Bay 

East  New  York 

Brick  Church 

Edgewater 

Broadway  Station 

Elizabeth 

Bronxwood 

Elizabethport 

Bronxdale 

Elmhurst 

Brookdale 

Elmora 

Brookfield 

Englewood 

Brooklyn 

Englewood  Cliffs 

Brooklyn  Hills 

Essex 

Brownsville 

Evergreen 

Bulls  Ferry 

Fairmount,  N.  J. 

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Fairmount,  N.  Y. 

Fairview 

Fanwood 

Ferndale 

Flatbush 

Flatlands 

Flushing 

Fordham 

Fordham  Heights 

Forest  Hill 

Fort  Hamilton 

Fort  Fee 

Fort  Schuyler 

Franklin 

Fresh  Pond 

Garfield 

Garwood 

Given 

Glendale 

Glenridge 

Glen  Rock 

Glenwood 

Grand  View 

Grant  Ave. 

Granton 

Gravesend 

Great  Notch 

Greenpoint 

Greenville 

Grove  Street 

Guttenberg 

Hackensack 

Haledon 

Harrison 

Hasbrouck  Heights 
Hawthorne 
Hazelwood  Park 
Highbridge 
Highland  Ave. 
Highwood 
Hilton 
Hoboken 
Hudson  Heights 
Hunter's  Point 
Hunt's  Point 
In wood 
Irvington 
Jacksonville 


Jamaica 
Jersey  City 
Kearney 
Kingsbridge 
King's  Highway 
Kingsland 
Lafayette 
Lake  View 
Laurel  Hill 
Leonia 

Leonia  Heights 
Llewellyn 
Linden 
Little  Ferry 
Llewellyn  Park 
Lodi 

Long  Island  City 

Lorraine 

Lowerre 

Ludlow 

Lyndhurst 

Manhattan  Park 

Maple  Grove 

Maple  wood 

Maspeth 

May  wood 

Melrose 

Metropolitan 

Middletown 

Middle  Village 

Milburn 

Montclair 

Montclair— Upper 

Montclair  Heights 

Montrose 

Morrisania 

Morris  Heights 

Morris  Park.  L.  L 

Morris  Park,  N.  Y. 

Mosholu 

Mott  Haven 

Mount  Hope 

Mount  St.  Vincent 

Mount  Vernon 

Mountain  Ave. 

Mountain  Station 

Murray  Hill 

Netherwood 

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Newark 
New  Durham 
New  Lots 
New  Rochelle 
Newtown 
New  Utrecht 
Nordhoff 
North  Beach 
Nutley 
Oceanica 
Old  Ferrv  Point 
Olinville 
Orange 
Orange— East 
Orange— North 
Orange— South 
Orange  Valley 
Orange— West 
Orchard  Street 
Ozone  Park 
Palisade  Park 
Park  Hill 
Park  Street 
Parkville 
Passaic 

Passaic  Bridge 
Paterson 

Pelham  Bay  Park 

Pelham  Manor 

Pelhamville 

Pennybridge 

Pennyfield 

Peru 

Plainfield 
Pleasant  Valley 
Port  Morris 
Rah  way 
Ravenswood 
Richfield 
Richmond  Hill 
Ridgefield 
Ridgewood 
Ridgewood  Road 
Riverdale 
Riverside 
Rochelle  Park 
Rodman  Neck 


Roselle 
Roseville 
Rutherford 
Rutherford— West 
Schutzen  Park 
Schuylersville 
Scotch  Plains 
Sea  Beach 
Shadyside 
Sheepshead  Bay 
Sherwood  Park 
Shore  Parkway 
Short  Hill 
Silver  Lake 
Snake  Hill 
Somerset 

South  Bensonhurst 
South  Brooklyn 
South  Montclair 
Springfield 
Spuyten  Duyvil 
Stein  way 
Stinardtown 
Summit 
Sunnyside 
Sunset  Lake 
Tea  Neck 
Tenafly 

Throggs  Neck 
Tremont 
Tylers  Park 
Ulmer  Park 
Union 

Union  Course 

Unionport 

Unionville 

Upper  Montclair 

Vailsburg 

Van  Cortlandt 

Vanderveer  Park 

Van  Nest 

Vanpelt  Manor 

Van  Sicklen 

Wakefield 

Warren  Point 

Washington 

Washington  Heights 


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\\  a^liingtonville 

Watchung 

Watsessing 

Waverly 

West  Brooklyn 

Wr-tchester 

West  Farms 

Westfield 

Whitestone 

Williamsbridge 

Williamsburgh 

W  ill  iamshurgh— East 

\\  illt-tts  Point 

Windsor  Terrace 


Winfield 

Winfield  Junction 

WoodclifT 

Woodhaven 

Woodlawn 

Woodridge 

Woodside,  N.  V. 

Woodside,  X.  J. 

Woodside,  L.  I. 

Woodside  Park 

Wyoming 

Yonkers 

and  to  all  parts  of  Staten  Is- 
land 


9 1  If  BIBB  K  BSORTS. 

Free  Delivery  by  Siegel-Cooper  Co.'s  wagons  from  May 
15  to  September  15.  Before  and  after  those  dates,  Freight 
free,  if  purchase  amounts  to  over  $5.00. 

lt<H  K  \\\  \  \  DIVISION. 

Hamniel*s  Station  Oceancrest 
Holland  Station  Far  Kockaway 

Sea  Side  Lawrence 
Kockaway  Park  Inwood 
Arverne  Cedarhurst 

Lawrence  Beach 
Woodsburgh 


Ldgemere 
Bayswater 
Wavecrest 


Allenhurst 
Asbury  Park 
Bradley  Beach 
Branchport 
Deal  Beach 
Elberon 
Fairhaven 
Highlands 
Hollywood 
Little  Silver 
Locust  Point 
Long  Branch 
Long  Branch— East 


LONG  BRANCH  1  >  1  \  ISION. 

Long  Branch— North 
Long  Branch— West 
Low  Moor 
Monmouth  Beach 
North  Long  Branch 
Oceanic 
Ocean  Grove 
Pleasure  Bay 
Red  Bank 
Rum  son 
Sea  Bright 
Weslev  Lake 
West  End 


Delivery  within  100  shipping  miles  of  New  York  is  free 
by  freight  on  all  prepaid  purchases  of  $5.00  or  more  to  near- 
est railroad  station. 


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C.  O.  D.'s.  No  C.  O.  D.  purchases  will  be  sent  outside 
the  wagon  delivery  of  the  Big  Store— that  is,  to  towns  not 
mentioned  in  the  preceding  list,  unless  a  deposit  sufficient  to 
cover  transportation  both  ways  is  paid. 

At  customers'  request  goods  will  be  sent  and  the  money 
collected  on  delivery.  No  deposit  is  required  if  the  address 
is  within  the  limit  of  the  wagon  delivery  in  the  preceding 
list,  but  outside  such  limits  a  deposit  of  from  one-tenth  to 
one-quarter  will  be  required. 

THE  DELIVERY  SYSTEM.  Ingenious  and  most 
methodical  is  the  delivery  system  of  the  Big  Store.  For  the 
city  and  suburban  delivery  an  entire  floor  of  the  basement  is 
laid  out  in  sections  like  a  map,  and  the  most  elaborate  check 
is  kept  of  every  parcel  and  delivery.  The  new  stables  of  the 
Big  Store,  running  from  17th  to  18th  streets,  between  7th  and 
8th  avenues,  is  a  most  interesting  exhibit  in  itself.  There  are 
accommodations  fcr  over  200  horses,  a  hospital  for  sick 
horses,  and  every  modern  veterinary  appliance.  The  Big 
Store  also  has  stables  in  Harlem.  Newark.  N.  J.,  and  on 
Staten  Island.  In  summer  special  wagons  serve  all  the 
nearby  summer  resorts.  Fifty  single  wagons,  also  C3  single 
and  42  double  trucks  are  daily  engaged  in  the  delivery  of  pur- 
chases from  the  Big  Store. 

MEDICAL  ATTENDANCE  AND  CARE  OF  VIS- 
ITORS. Any  visitor  suddenly  overtaken  by  illness  or  in- 
disposition can  obtain  the  most  skilled  medical  attendance 
and  care  by  requesting  any  employee  of  the  Big  Store  to 
summon  the  House  Physician,  who  is  always  in  attendance 
in  the  building.  No-  effort  will  be  spared  by  the  employees 
of  the  store  to  care  for  any  visitor  overtaken  by  sickness. 

INTERPRETERS.  Skilled  interpreters  of  every  Euro- 
pean language  are  to  be  found  in  every  department  of  the 
Big  Store.  Inquiry  of  a  floor-walker  or  at  the  Superintend- 
ent's Office  in  the  balcony  will  at  once  procure  the  services 
of  a  cultivated  and  educated  man  or  woman  fluently  conver- 
sant with  any  desired  language. 

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BMPbOYMS*  BEHUCFICIAJL  ASSOCIATION.  An 

excellent  association  for  the  employees  is  in  operation,  pay- 
ing sick  benefits  and  death  allowances  and  furnishing  the 
best  medical  aid  to  any  disabled  or  indisposed  employee. 


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CHAPTER  X 

WHERE  TO  FIND  IT 

A  COMPLETE  SHOPPER'S  ABC  GUIDE 
TO 

THE  BIG  STORE'S  MERCHANDISE 
All  articles  are  indexed  and  alphabetically  arranged  under 
their  names.  The  figures  following  each  article  indicate, 
first,  the  particular  floor  of  the  Big  Store  on  which  the  arti- 
cle is  for  sale,  and,  secondly,  the  number  of  the  nearest  pillar 
of  the  store.  Thus,  Jams,  IV.,  7,  signifies  that  Jams  are  for 
sale  on  the  4th  floor,  near  pillar  7.  In  this  regard  Bas.  signi- 
fies Basement;  Bah,  signifies  Balcony;  Cons.,  the  roof  Con- 
servatory on  the  7th  floor,  and  Men.,  the  Menagerie.  A  ref- 
ence  to  the  diagrams  inserted  in  the  earlier  part  of  the  work 
will  facilitate  the  location  of  articles  and  departments. 

Description  of  Merchandise.  Location. 

Abdominal  Bands,  Ladies'  and  Men's  I.,  18th  st. 

Abdominal  Supporters  I.,  18th  st. 

Absorbent  Cotton   I.,  18th  st. 

Accommodation  Wrapping  Desk  I.,  15,  and  II.,  19th  st. 

Address  Dies  I.,  29 

Advertising  Department  and  Manager  III.,  29 

Afghans   II.,  13 

After-dinner  Sets  I.,  4,  and  Bas.  Front 

Agateware  of  all  kinds  Bas.  Center 

Agricultural  Supplies  Bas.  Rear 

Aigrettes   II..  9-11 

Air  Cushions   I.,  18th  st. 

Air  Rifles   II..  36 

Alarm  Boxes.  Electrical  Bas.  Center 

Alarm  Clocks  I.,  2.  and  Bas.  Center 

Albums.  Autograph,  Photograph,  and  Scrap  I.,  31 

Alcohol   I.,  18th  st. 

Alcohol  and  Gas  Irons,  Lamps,  and  Stoves  Bas.  Rear 

149 


Ale,  imported  and  domestic   IV.,  18th  st. 

Ale  Measures   lias.  Rear 

Almond  Grinders  and  Graters  Has.  Hear 

Almond  Meal   L,   18th  st. 

Almonds,  Shelled  IV.,  15 

Alpha  Syringes   [.,  iHth  st. 

Alum   L,  18th  st. 

Aluminum  W  are  Bas.  Center 

Amber  Necklaces  I.,  2 

Ammonia   I.,  18th  st. 

Ammonia,  1'arsons's  Has.  Center 

Ammunition   II.,  36 

Ampere  Meters  Bas.  Center 

Andirons   Has.  Front  and  Hear 

Angelica  W  ine   IV.,  18th  st. 

Angle  Joints,  Hrass  III. 

Angora  Cats   IV.,  Men. 

Animals   [V.,  Men. 

Ankle  Supporters  II.,  34,  and  I.,  18th  st. 

Annunciators,   Electric   Has.  Center 

Ansonia  Clocks   I.,  2 

Antiseptic-.   I.,   18th  st. 

Apple   Hrandy   IV.,   18th  st. 

Apples   IV.,  11 

Apple  Parers   Has.  Center 

Apricot  Hrandy   IV.,  18th  st. 

Aprons,  Children's,  Ladies',  and  Men's  I.,  36.  and  II..  r$ 

Aquaria   IV.,  Men. 

AqtiatiC  roots  and  plants   VII.,  Cons. 

Archery  Supplies   II..  36 

Arm  Rockers   III. 

Arnicated  Vaseline   I.,  18th  st. 

Arrows   II.«  36 

Art   Embroidery  II.,  Center 

Artificial   Raits  for  Fishing  II.,  38 

Artificial  Ferns,  Flowers,  and  Plants   II..  9,  11 

Artists'  Brushes,  Material,  and  Paper   II.,  23 

Art  Xeedlework   II..  23 

Art  Pottery   Has.  Front 

Art  Wares   Has.  Front 

Asbestos,  Griddles,  Mats,  Rests,  and  Sheets  Has.  Rear 

Ash  Cans   Has.  Rear 

Ash  Receivers  Ii,  2  and  40  and  Bas.  Rear 

Ash  Sifters   Has.  Rear 

Ash  Trays   Has.  Front 

Asparagus  Boilers   Bas.  Center 


150 


Asparagus  Holders   I.,  2 

Asparagus  Sets   Bas.  Front 

Asphaltum  Varnish   Bas.  Rear 

Assistant  Superintendent   I.,  Bal. 

At  Home  Cards  I.,  29 

Atomizers  I.,  4,  and  I.,  18th  st. 

Auger  Bits  and  Handles   Bas.  Rear 

Autograph  Albums   I.,  29 

Autoharps   II.,  Rear 

Automatic  Drops  and  Gongs  Bas.  Center 

Autumn  Flowering  Bulbs   VII.,  Cons. 

Awning  Hooks   Bas.  Rear 

Awning  Goods,  per  yard  and  to  order  III.,  17 

Axle  Grease   II.,  40 

Baby  Baskets  and  Hampers  II.,  13,  and  Bas.  Center 

Baby  Bracelets   I.,  2 

Baby  Button  Sets   I.,  2 

Baby  Carriages  II.,  31-35 

Baby  Clothing   II.,  13 

Baby  Coaches   II.,  31-35 

Baby  Food  Cups  Bas.  CenUr 

Baby  Pens,  gold  I.,  2 

Baby  Powder   I.,  18th  st. 

Baby  Rattles   I.,  18th  st. 

Baby  Ribbons   I.,  8 

Baby  Rings   I.,  18th  st. 

Baby  Stands   Bas.  Center 

Back  Combs   I.,  2,  46 

Back  Rests  Bas.  Rear 

Bacon  IV.,  19th  st. 

Bagdad  Imitation  Stripe   ,  III.,  15 

Bags,  Hand,  of  all  kinds   .'  I.,  16 

Bags.  Traveling,  of  all  kinds  I.,  16 

Bag  Tags   I.,  2-16 

Bake  Pans   Bas.  Center 

Bakery   IV.,  23 

Baking  Dishes   I.,  4 

Baking  Dish  Covers   Bas.  Center 

Baking  Powder   IV.,  15 

Ball  Joints   Bas.  Rear 

Ballot  Boxes   II.,  34 

Bandannas  I.,  Bet.  Elevators 

Bandeaux   I.,  18th  st. 

Bands,  Flannel  and  Worsted   II.,  13 

Bands,  Girls'  and  Infants'   I.,  13- 

Bang  Nets   II.,  12 

Bangs,  Ladies',  of  all  kinds  tl.,  12 


153 


Beads,  Rosary   

152 


Beards,  Theatrical   II.,  32 

Bed  Couches   III. 

Bedding   I..  28 

Bed  Lounges   III. 

Bedroom  Chairs  and  Suites   III. 

Beds   III.,  12-16 

Bed  Sets,  Lace  of  all  kinds   III.,  17 

Bed  Spreads   I.,  iSth  SL 

Bed  Springs   III. 

Beef  Sheers   Bas.  Center 

Beef  Tea   IV.,  23,  and  I..  18th  st. 

Beef  Tea  Pressers   Bas.  Rear 

Beef,  Roast   IV.,  11 

Beer,  Imported  and  Domestic   IV.,  18th  st. 

Beer  Mugs  L,  4,  and  Bas.  Front 

Beer  Scrapers   Bas.  Rear 

Beer  Trays   Bas.  Center 

Beeswax  I.,  18th  St.,  and  Bas.  Center 

Bells,  Assorted  and  Electric  Bas.  Center 

Bells,  Table  L,  4,  and  Bas.  Center 

Bellows   Bas.  Rear 

Bell  Turns   Bas.  Rear 

Belting   L,  8  and  16 

Belts,  Ladies'   I.,  14 

Belts,  Men's  and  Boys'   II.,  32 

Belts,  Enameled   L,  2 

Bench  Stops   Bas.  Rear 

Benzine   I.,  18th  st. 

Berlin  Kettles  and  Saucepans,  Agateware  Bas.  Center 

Berries  in  Season   IV.t  11 

Berry  Bowls,  Plated,  and  Crockery  I.,  4,  and  Bas.  Front 

Berry  Dishes,  Assorted  L,  4,  and  Bas.  Front  and  Rear 

Berry  Forks   L,  4 

Berry  Sets,  Crockery,  and  Plated  Bas.  Front  and  I.,  2 

Berry  Spoons   L,  2.  and  L,  4 

Bibles   I.,  31 

Bibs,  Eating  and  Infants'   II.,  13 

Bicarbonate  of  Soda   I.,  18th  st. 

Bicycles   II.,  34 

Bicycle  Bells,  Accessories,  and  Supplies  of  all  kinds...  1 1..  38 

Bidets   Bas.  Rear 

Billiard  Balls  and  Supplies   II.,  34 

Binding,  Upholstery   III.,  17 

Bindings  for  Seams  and  Skirts   I.,  16 

Birch  Strip   Bas.  Rear 

Bird  Bitters   IV..  Men. 

Bird  Cages   Bas.  Rear  and  IV.,  Men. 

153 


ilird  Cages,  Sundries   '  Bas.  Rear 

Bird  Food   IV.,  Mea 

Bird  Gravel   st- 

Bird  Lice  Exterminator  I\-  Men. 

B.rds   IV.,  Men. 

Bird  Sand  and  Seed   IV.,  Men. 

Birthday  Books   h*  3» 

Birthday  Cards   L.  29 

Bisque  (dace   I-  Center 

Bisque  \  a-e^  a  1 . •  1  Figures   DM.  Froal 

Bissell  Carpet  Sweepers   Bas.  Rear 

Bits.  Horses'   II.,  40 

Bitters   IV.,  18th  st. 

Blackberry  Brandy  IV.,  18th  st. 

Blackbird*   IV.,  Mem. 

Blackboards   II-  3« 

Black  Chinese  Polish  Irons   Has.  Rear 

Black  Dress  Goods   +*»  3 

Blacking  for  Shoes  IV.,  8,  10.  and  L,  16 

Blacking  for  Stoves   Bas.  Rear,  and  IV.,  10 

Blank  Books   J-  3' 

Blanket  Pins   II-  4" 

Blankets   I-  3°,  18th  st.  side 

Blending   Brushes   lias.  Center 

Blinds   HI-  5 

Blind  Brushes   Bas.  Center 

Blind  Staples   Bas.  Rear 

Blotters  of  all  kinds   I-  3' 

Blotting  Paper   iY"h'  29 

Blooming  Plants   VII.,  Cons. 

Blouse  Fronts   I-  i2 

Blouse  Suits.  Boys'  Russian   I-  16,  28,  30 

Blouses.  Woolen,   Boys'  I-  3° 

Blowers   Bas.  Rear 

Blower  Stands   Bas.  Rear 

Blue   Balls   Bas.  Rear 

"Blue  lays   IV-  Men. 

Blue  Print  Paper  II-  23 

Blue  Rocks  and  Traps   EL,  36 

Bluing   IV.   8,  10 

Boas  of  all  kinds  I-  M 

Bobinet  Lace   I-  10 

Bohemian  Glass   Bas.  Front 

Boilers,  Tinware.  Enameled,  and  Assorted  Bas.  (  enter 

Bolting  Cloth   II-  27 

Bolsters   Ill- 
Bolts   Bas.  Rear 

154 


Bone  Holders   Bas.  Rear 

Bone  Meal  V  II.,  Cons. 

Bone  Trays   Bas.  Front 

Bones,  Horn  and  Whale   I.,  16 

Bonbon  boxes  and  Dishes   I.,  2-4,  and  Bas.  Rear 

Bonbonnieres   !•»  2 

Bonbons   *•»  15 

Bonbon  Spoons  and  Trays   I.,  4 

Bonnet  Frames   II.,  7 

Bonnets   II-,  9 

Bookcases  and  Bookcase  Desks   III. 

Booklets   I.,  29 

Book  Marks   L,  2,  and  29 

Books   and   Stationery   I.,  31-33 

Book  Racks   Bas.  Rear  and  HI. 

Bootees,  Worsted  and  Silk   II.,  13 

Bootjacks   Bas.  Rear 

Boots  and  Shoes,  Boys',  Ladies',  Men's,  Misses' ...  I.,  25-27-23 

Borax   I.,  18th  st. 

Border  Cutters   Bas.  Rear 

Bosom  Boards   Bas.  Rear 

Boston  Bags   I.,  16 

Boston  Terriers   IV.,  Men. 

Bottle  Baskets   Bas.  Center 

Bottle  Brushes  I.,  18th  St.,  and  Bas.  Center 

Bottle  Caps   Bas.  Rear 

Bottle  Cleaners   Bas.  Rear 

Bottled  Grocery  Goods   IV.,  7 

Bottle  Holders   I.,  4,  and  Bas.  Rear 

Boudoir  Sets   Bas.  Front 

Bougies  „  I.,  18th  st. 

Bouillon  Spoons   I.,  4 

Bouquet  Vases  I.,  4,  and  Bas.  Front 

Bowling  Goods   II.,  34 

Bowls,  Fancy  and  Miscellaneous   Bas.  Front 

Bowls,  Strainers   Bas.  Center 

Bows  and  Violins  II.,  35 

Boxes  for  Windows.  VII.,  Cons. 

Boxes,  Nests  of   Bas.  Rear 

Boxing  Gloves   II.,  34 

Box  Hooks  and  Scrapers  Bas.  Rear 

Boys'   Clothing   I.,   34,  36 

Boys'  Hats  I.,  35,  37,  39 

iioys    Underwaists   I.,  30 

Bracelets,  Gold,  Silver,  and  all  kinds   I.,  2 

Braces,  Shoulder   I.,   18th  st. 

Braces   Bas.  Rear 


155 


Brackets   Bas.  Rear 

Bradawls   Bas.  Rear 

Bradley's  Perfume  I.,  18th  st. 

Braid  Bins,  Shell   1.2 

Braids   L,  >4 

Braids,  Battenberg  and  Honiton   I.,  16 

Brandy   IV-.  18th  st. 

Brandy  Heaters   I-.  2 

brass  Andirons   lias.  Rear 

Bra-,   lied.   HI. 

Braas  Corners   Bas.  Rear 

Brass  Cnbs   .III. 

Brass  Fire  Sets   Bas.  Rear 

Brass  Kettles   Bas.  Rear 

Brass  Nails   HI-  >7 

Brass  Tables   Ras.  Front 

Bra,s  Trays   Bas.  Center 

Brassware   Bas.  Rear 

Bread   ...IV-  »3 

Bread  Boards   gas.  Rear 

Bread   Boxes   Ras.  Rear 

Bread  Pans   Bas.  Rear 

P.read  Plates   Bas.  Rear 

l'.read  Raisers   Bas.  Rear 

Bread  Sets   X""h  2 

P.read  Slicers   Bas.  Rear 

P.read  Trays   Ras.  Front  and  I.,  4 

Rreakfast  Foods   i'-'KL'  13 

Breast  Pumps   L.  18th  st. 

Rreeding  Cages   Ras.  Rear 

P.ric-a-Brac   Ras.  Front 

Bric-a-Rrac  Dusters   Bas.  Rear 

Rridgework  tDental)   U  Bal. 

Bridles   W  40 

Rrighton  Presses   Bas  Rear 

Brilliantine   **•«  12 

Broadcloth   7 

Rroadcloth  for  Upholstery   •  n'"- 

Broilers    Bas.  Rear 

Rronze  Liquid  and  Powder   Bas.  Center 

P.ronzes   Bas.  Center 

Rrooches  of  all  kinds   W/**iy  2 

Brooders   -™  -  -^Ien- 

Brooms   Bas.  Rear 

Brooms,  Whisk   ■  4 

Brown   Bread   Molds   Bas.  Rear 

Brushes,    Baby   »>»  2 


156 


Brush  Cleaners   Bas.  Rfcar 

Brushes,  Toilet   -U  i«th  st. 

Brushes  of  all  kinds   Bas.  Center  and  11.,  23 

Brush  Trays   Bas.  Rear 

Buckets,  all  kinds   Bas.  Rear 

Buckles  of  all  kinds   L,  2,  I.,  14,  and  II.,  9-11 

Buckwheat   IV.,  13 

Bulbs   IV.,  16 

Bulb  Syringes   L.  «§th  st. 

Bulgarian  Cotton   H-i  27 

Bullfinches   IV.,  Men. 

Bullion  Cords   UL.  IS 

Bull  Terriers   IV.,  Men. 

Bung  Starters   Bas.  Rear 

Bureau  of  Information   h,  Bal. 

Burgundy  W  ines   IV.,  18th  st. 

Bunap,   Art  and   Packing   HI..  17 

Burlap,  Painted   Ill-,  A  4,  6 

Burnshine  Metal  Polish   Bas.  Rear 

Bust   Forms   I..  16 

Bustles  II.,  Rear  of  Center  Stair 

Butchers'  Aprons  and  Coats  L,  26,  28,  30 

Butchers'  Baskets   Bas.  Center 

Butchers'  Knives  and  Steels  Bas.  Center 

Butchers'  Meats   IV.,  17,  19,  21 

Butter,  Imported  and  Domestic   IV'.,  9 

Butter  Churns  Bas.  Rear 

Butter  Dishes  I.,  4.  Bas.  Front  and  Rear 

Butter  Knives   I.,  2,  4 

Butter  Ladles   Bas.  Center 

Butter  Molds   Bas.  Center 

Butter  Picks   I.,  2,  4 

Butter  Plates   I.,  4 

Butter  Prints   Bas.  Rear 

Butter  Spades   Bas.  Rear 

Butter   Spreaders   I.,  2 

Butter  Stands    Bas.  Rear 

Butter  Trays   »  Bas.  Rear 

Butterick  Patterns   I.,  16 

Buttons,  Black   I.,  14 

Button  Hooks   I.,  2  and  16 

Buttons  of  all  kinds   I.,  14-16 

Buyers'  Offices   III.,  40,  Rear  Elevators 

Cabarets   Bas.  Front 

Cabbage  Presses   Bas.  Rear 

Cabinets   Bas.  Front  and  Rear 

Cabinet  Clamps  and  Scrapers  Bas.  Rear 

157 


Cacti  Plants   

Cate   it'  \t,.n 

Cage  Fixtures    I  ^ 

Cake  Baskets   ^^^Bas.  Rear 

Cake   Boxes  •  •  •  •  •  •   R 

Cake  Closets,  Coolers,  and  Cutters  I  "'and  4 

ralQ  mSS  .'.'.'.V.'.'.'.'.'.'.W:  Center 
Cake   Molds    , 

Cake  Ornaments  15^ "c  enter 

Cake  Pans,  Stands,  and  Turners   I V  2J 

 '» '  and  « 


Calendars 


1. 1  30 


x'Jl6??  „•  'ci'liil' Bas.  Center 
Call  BeB  Outfits     Has  Kear 

glStta*  '  Br"ushe"s7.7.".7.".  V.V.V.  L.  •  i8ih  U.  •  and  Bas.  (enter 

Cameras,  Photographic   i'.Rth  *t 

Camphorated  Vaseline   ^^Haf  Rear 

Camplior   nails    T      s  ,  . 

Camphor  Ice  Vaseline   *"*  lf*  ^ 

Camp  Stools   IV*  Men. 

Canaries   ry'  >ien 

Sdy  liaikets  ':Z=r=:::  ".V.". «...  <>«« 

Canes    j\-  Q 

Canned   Fish   TV  "  at 

Canned  Fruits    [y  _ 

Canned  Goods   IV  ig 

Canned  Meats    g 

Canned  Vegetables   .'.'.'.'.Bas.  Bear 

Can  Openers    ,  26 

Canvas   jt  '  2, 

Canvas,   Artists  rr*  J* 

Canvas  Pumps  ...........  

Capes,  Ladies'  and  Misses   H  '  32 

cTvs  arTdBonnets."  'iVadies'',' infants'", 'and  ■Children's.'.'.".  I  I.',  IJ 

Caps.  Old  Ladies'  Dress   \"2-  2q  \\ 

Cap,  Men's  and  Boys'                                             i    18th  st 

Capsules                                                                         j  ,g 

Caramels  .'.'.'f .',  V^th  st. 

Carbolic  Add    1    ,8th  st. 

Carbolic  Soap    1 

158 


Carbon  Paper,  Typewriters'   I.,  29 

Card  Baskets   Bas.  Center 

Cardboard,  Artists'   II.,  23 

Card  Cases   I.,  2  and  16 

Cardigan  Jackets,  Men's   I.,  11 

Cardinals   (birds)   IV.,  Men. 

Card  Mounts,  photo  II.,  23 

Card  Tables   III. 

Card  Trays   L,  4 

Cards.  Calendars,  etc  I.,  29 

Card  Writing   I.,  Center 

Cards,  Visiting   I.,  29 

Cards.  Invitation   I..  29 

Carpenters'  Tools   Bas.  Rear 

Carpenters'  Pencils   Bas.  Rear 

Carpet  Lining  and  Padding   III.,  7 

Carpet  Renovators   Bas.  Rear 

Carpets   III.,  1,  3,  5,  7 

Carpet  Sweepers   Bas.  Rear 

Carriage  Clocks   II.,  40 

Carriage  Lamps   II.,  40 

Carriage  Paints   Bas.  Center 

Carriage  Robes   II.,  40 

Cartridges,  and  Belts  for  same   II.,  36 

Carvers"  I.,  2 

Carving  Knives   I.,  2 

Carving  Sets,  Silver  and  Plated   I.,  2  and  4 

Carving  Tools   Bas.  Rear 

Cash  Boxes   Bas.  Center 

Cash  Travs   Bas.  Onter 

"Casing  Knives   Bas.  Front 

Casings   L,  16 

Casters.  Plated,  etc  [.,  4 

Casters   Bas.  Rear 

Castile  Soap   I.,  18th  st. 

Castor  Oil   I.,  [gth  st. 

Catawba  Wine   IV..  18th  st. 

Cat  Food  IV.,  Men. 

Cathode  Rav  Outfits   Bas.  Center 

Catholic  Praver  Books   I.,  31 

Cats  of  all  kinds   IV.,  Men. 

Cat  Baskets   Bas.  Center 

Cat  Collars   Bas.  Center 

Catsup   IV..  7 

Cautery  Batteries   Bas.  Center 

Cedar  Pails   Bas.  Rear 

Ceiling  Brushes   Bas.  Center 


159 


„  ,   Bas.  Frost 

Celery  Trays    .  . 

Celestral  (  ream   L<  ,8thHI 

Center  Tables   IV  13 

ChataVwih^ 

Chafing  Flagons.  1-orks.  and  Spoons  BM. 

Chafing  Dish  Trays   ^  ?  2 

Chains,  Cold.  Silver,  and  Plated  W«"fcJ 

Chains.  Various  |"  g^I 

Chains.  Brass  and  Iron   gJJ.  Kejr 

Chair  Commodes   y.a.r 

Chairs  of  all  kinds   ///.'.Bas.  'Rear 

Chamber*  ,4  Rear 

Chamois  Cloves  T '    11  anrl '  11 

Chamois  Vests.  Ladies   and  Mens    I     ,8th  st 

Chamois  Skins    «      R  _ 

Chamois  W  indow  Cleaners   

Champagne  Coolers   ■  •  ■  • ■ ;  ■  j^r 

Champagne  laps    ...      g  . 

Champagne  Wines   lx  -  SI; 

Charcoal.  Artists'   IV  '  « 

Charlotte    Russe   f  2 

,  Charms.  Cold,  Silver,  and  Plated   * 

Chatelaines   r*$ 

Chatelaine  Attachments   •  • 

Chatelaine    Bass   '  • 

Chatelaine  Watches   j  " 

Check  Cutters     •••••••  i' ' 'RaY  ' '  ioth  st 

Checkroom,  for  Parcels,  etc  U  Bal.,  19th  st 

Checks,  Forms  of  . ....  •  •  ;;.*  * 

Cheese.  Imported  and  Domestic   Bai  Rear 

Cheese  Boxes   ;;.'.'.'.  .  Bas.  '  Front 

Cheese  Covers  

Cheese   Cutters,   Silver   Bas' "Front 

See*  Scot:,  Silver  and  Plated  ................ ..I.,  jgjdj 

Chemicals    tt  2\ 

Chemicals.  Photo  tV'  ^ 

Chemises  of  all  kinds    .......   i-."  » 

Chenille  Portieres  and  Table  Covers   IU-. 

Cheroots  I'v.'/isth  st. 

Cherry  Brandy    v  Rear 

Chest  Handles   Bas- 

Chest  Protectors    j  j j 

Cheval  Glasses   

160 


Chewing  Gum   I.,  15 

Chewing  Tobacco   L;  40 

Chicken  Eggs  for  Hatching   IV.,  Men. 

Chicken  Food   IV.,  Men. 

Chicory   IV.,  20,  22 

Chiffonier  Folding  Beds   III. 

Chiffoniers   HI. 

Children's  Chairs   III. 

Children's  Commodes   Bas.  Rear 

Children's  Cups,  Silver  and  Plated   L,  4 

Children's  Dresses,  up  to  4  years   II-s  13 

Children's  Mugs   Bas.  Front  and  Rear 

Children's  Nursery  Chairs   III. 

Children's  Rockers   III. 

Children's  Sets,  Silver  and  Plated   I.,  2 

Children's  Trays   Has.  Center 

Chimes   '  II.,  40 

China   Bas.  Front 

Chimney  Brushes   Bas.  Rear 

Chimney  Cleaners  Bas.  Rear 

China  Closets   III. 

China  Ink,  Artists'   II.,  23 

China  for  Decorating   II.,  23 

Chinese  Polish  Irons   ...Bas.  Rear 

Chip  Boxes,  Fancy   II..  34 

Chisels  Bas.  Rear 

Chisel  Handles   Bas.  Rear 

Chloroform   I.,  18th  st. 

Chocolate   IV..  14 

Chocolate  Pots   L,  4,  and  Bas.  Front 

Chocolates   I.,  15 

Chocolate  Sets   Bas.  Front 

Chop  Dishes   Bas.  Front 

Chopping  Bowls   Bas.  Rear 

Chopping  Knives   Bas.  Rear 

Chopping  Trays   Bas.  Rear 

Christmas  Cards  and  Novelties   I.,  29 

Cider   ,.  IV.,   18th  st. 

Cigar  Cases   •.  I.,  2,  16.  40 

Cigar  Cutters   I.,  2 

Cigar  Dept   I.,  40,  and  IV 

Cigar  Holders  I.,  40 

Cigar  Lighters   Bas.  Rear 

Cigar  Rests   Bas.  Rear 

Cigarette  Cases   I.,  2  and  40 

Cigarette  Holders   I.,  40 

Cigarette  Paper   I.,  40 


161 


Cigarettes   l  '  40 

Cigar  Lighters   :  -  « 

Cigar  Moisteners   •  J'Vti 

Cigars   I.,  40  and    I  . 

Citron  Peel   iir  "Uk'  J» 

Clams   1V  -  '9^ 

Claret  1'itchers   fv  ' '  isuV'ct 

Claret  Wine   IV.,  18th  st. 

Clark's  Expanding  Bits   -Bas.  Hear 

Clay  1- lower  l'ots   Bas.  Front 

Clay  Pigeons   t¥'  8 

Cleaning  Rods  for  Guns   r,  "     iV  % 

Climax  Stew   Pans   "Bas.  X*K 

Climbing  Plants  and  Koses   {"'u  I    \  1 

Clinical  lhermometers   I*.  iSth  St.,  1..  o 

....  •   Pas.  Hear 

Clippers    IT  4 

cloaks   .y-  ;J 

Cloaks,  Ladies'   •  ,  V  8 

Cloaks,  Misses'  and  Children  s  U.,  4,  6,  » 

Clocks  of  all  kinds   pV'  Center 

Cloth  Baskets    I     ,8th  st 

Cloth  Brushes  ^ 

Clothes  Brushes   I.,  4.  and  I, a,.  Real 

Clothes  Horses   \'*s- 

Clothes  Lines   gJJ  g"; 

Clothes  Line  Holders   I5as-  g**J 

Clothes  Line  Hooks   gjj-  g*JJ 

Clothes  Line  Pulleys   "JJ  <^r 

Clothes  Line  Reels    Hear 

Clothes  Mangles   Bas!  Rear 

Clothes  Pins    R  ,, 

Clothes  Sticks   J"; 

Clothes  Wringers    n 

Clothing,  Babies'   ,  TT  2-16 

Clothing,  Ladies'  and  Misses  t''  Rear    18th  st 

Clothing,  Mens  and  Boys  I.,  Re»*  «g  £ 

Cloths    ijas  yjear 

Cloth  Sprinklers   Bas-  *fy 

Clover  Seeds   j'j  4<3 

Coach  Candles   .'.'.'.'.Bas'.'  Center 

Coach  \arnish     Bas  Rear 

Coach  Warmers    jT 

Coachmen's  Capes   i**"'' 

Coachmen's  Hats   "^J* 

Coa    Hods    ....Bas.  Rear 

Coal  Shovels   

M9 


Coal  Sieves   Bas.  Rear 

Coal  Tongs   Bas.  Rear 

Coal  Vases   Bas.  Rear 

Coats,  Boys'  Top  L,  3*33 

Coat  Buttons  and  Chains  T.  2 

Coat  Hangers   Bas.  Rear 

Coat  and  Hat  Racks  Bas.  Rear 

Coats  Checked   L.  Bal. 

Coats.  Children's  up  to  4  yrs  II. f  13 

Cobbler  Sets   Bas.  Rear 

Cocaine   I-  18th  st. 

Cochineal   I-,  iSth  st 

Cockatoos   IV.,  Men 

Cocker  Spaniels   IV.,  Men 

Cocktails   IV.,  18th  st 

Cocoa   IV.,  14 

Cocoa  Dippers   Bas.  Center 

C.  O.  D.  Office   Bas.  Rear 

Cod  Liver  Oil   I.,  18th  st 

Coffee   IV.,  20,  22 

Coffee  Biggins   Bas.  Center 

Coffee  Boilers   Bas.  Rear 

Coffee  Boxes   Bas.  Center 

Coffee  Flasks   Bas.  Rear 

Coffee  Machines   Bas.  Center 

Coffee  Mills   Bas.  Rear 

Coffee  Pots   Bas.  Front  and  Rear 

Coffee  Roasters   Bas.  Rear 

Coffee  Serving  Pots   Bas.  Center 

Toffee   Sets   Bas.  Center 

Coffee  Spoons   I.,  2,  4 

Coffee  Substitutes   IV.,  13 

Toffee  Urns   Bas.  Center 

Cognac   IV..  18th  st. 

Coin  Purses   I.,  2  and  16 

Cold  Cream   I..  18th  st. 

Cold  Cream  Tars  I.,  4,  I.,  18th  st.,  and  II.,  12 

Cold  Meat  Forks....  L.  2  and  4 

Cold  Slaw  Cutters   Bas.  Rear 

Colgate's  Perfumes  and  Soaps  L,  18th  ct. 

Collars  and  Cuffs,  Bovs'  I..  19th  st. 

Collars  and  Cuffs,  Ladies'  I.,  12-14 

Collars  and  Cuffs,  Men's  I.,  11 

Collars  and  Cuffs.  Relaundered  L.  11 

Collar  and  Cuff  Boxes   I..  16 

Collar  and  Cuff  Buttons   I.,  2 


!«3 


Collar  Button  Cases  !•»  4 

Collapsible  Cups   L*  4  and  iu 

College  Colors   Vtt 

College  Stripes   T      o"u  'S 

Colognes,  Imported  and  Domestic  ioth  st 

Cologne  Bottles   L,   18th  st 

Colored  Skirts  ......II..  17 

Comb  and  Brush  Baskets   Center 

Comb  Boxes   ••  •  ■■  ••  Bas  Bear 

Comb  and  Brush  Trays  Bas.  Front  and  Rear 

Comb  Cases   •  y  v  "  ,  *  2 

Combs  of  all  kinds  I.,  2  and  4.  and  L,  18th  -t. 

Combination  Hoe  and  Rake  Bas  Rear 

Combination  Suits,  Children's  and  Ladies  I  .  13 

Combination  Suits,  Men's  '••  '9™  st. 

Combination  Tools   Bas.  Rear 

Comfortables   1  ♦*r>  ? 

Comfort   Powder   1  •  ■*; 

Commodes   •■•  •  ■  •■  •  •  •••  Bas.  Rear 

Compasses   II.,  36  and  Bas.  Rear 

Compasses,  Pocket   ••  •••«  •  ••  •  ■  ••• 

Complaint  Office   U  Bal.  19th  st  side 

Composition  Books    1;-  29 

Condensed  Milk   b"  ifcJS 

Condensed  Milk  Jars   Bas.  Front 

Condiments   Si"'   K"  7 

Confection  Scoops   Bas.  Kear 

Confectionery   VII*  Con* 

S™ry::::::::::::::::::::::::^ 

Cooked  Ham   TY„  ' '  r  ' 

Cookey  Cutters   B as    Ccn ter 

Cooks'  Caps    f"  3/'2.f0 

j>ks  Pants  18th %4t. 

Copperas     Ras  c>mfr 

Cordial  Sets    T     igth  §t 

Corks    r,  wear 

Cork  Extractors   "ll'.l"'^  Rear 

coAsSSr- ;  ;«»  *  and  Bas.  Rear 

Corn  Cake  Pans  :  Bas.  Rear 

Corn.  Forks   Perfection   ^".BaV.*  Center 

Tornic1   Knives   **■  j 

Corn  Knives    ' 


164 


Corn  Plasters   I.,  18th  st. 

Corn  Poppers   Bas.  Rear 

Corn  Razors   4 

Corn  Starch   IV.,  13 

Corner  Sinks   Bas.  Rear 

Coronation  Braid   II.,  25 

Coronets,  Rhinestone  I.,  2 

Corner  Brackets   III. 

Corner  Cabinets   Ill 

Corsets,  Domestic  and  Imported  ...II.,  Rear  of  Center  Stair. 

Corset  Clasps   I.,  16 

Corset  Covers   II.,  15 

Corset  Laces   L,  6  and  II.,  Rear  of  Center  Stair. 

Corset  Waists,  Ladies',  Children's. .  II.,  Rear  of  Center  Stair. 

Cosey  Corners   III.,  17 

Cosmetics   L,   18th  st. 

Cosmoline   I.,   18th  st. 

Costumers   III. 

Cots,  Canvas   III. 

Cotton,  Absorbent   I.,  18th  st. 

Cotton  Baskets   Bas.  Center 

Cotton  Batting   I.,  28 

Cotton  Cases   I.,  2 

Cotton  Cord   II.,  25 

Cotton  Crape   T.,  26 

Cotton  Crepe   III.,  15 

Cotton  Fabrics   I.,  28 

Cotton  Fringe   III.,  15 

Cotton  Goods   I.,  28 

Cotton  Loops   III.,  15 

Cotton,  Sewing   I.,  16 

Cotton,  Working   L,  16 

Cottons   I.,  16 

Cotton  Tapestry   III.,  15-17 

Couch  Covers,  Bagdad  and  Turkish  III.,  19 

Cough  Drops  I.,  15 

Counter  Brushes   Bas.  Rear 

Counter  Sinks   .•:    Bas.  Rear 

Court  Plaster   L,  18th  st. 

Court  Plaster  Cases   I.,  2 

Covered  Boards   Bas,  Rear 

Covered  Wind  Kettles   Bas.  Rear 

Covers   Bas.  Rear 

Cow  Bells   Bas.  Rear 

Crab  Orchard  Salts  I.,  18th  st. 

Cracked  Ice  Dishes   Bas.  Front 


165 


Cracked  Ice  Tongs   •  •  l-  * 

Cracked   Ice  Howls    .....La,  Center 

Cracker  Jars   1.4.  Bas.  Front  and  Center 

Cracker  and   Cheese   Bowls   La*.  Center 

Crackers,  Domestic  and  Imported  IV.,  0 

Cradles,  Wood   ••  •  "  •; 1U; 

Cranberry  Sets   Bas.  l;ront 

Crayons,  Artists'   •   .....11., 

Cream  Ladles,  silver  and  plated  -I-,  *  and  A 

Cream    l'.tchers   Ct,Ucr 

Cream  and  Sugar  Sets  Y  "  ,*:}'' J 

Cream  Tartar   &t  ,8ftjf" 

Creeping  IMants   VII.,  Cons 

Crepe  Tissue    2? 

Crepes  and  Veilings   ••  -  a 

Oeotiii   h  Xu  2 

Creosote   L'J**  *■ 

Cretonne    ill 

Cribs,  Iron   lit' 

Cribs,  W  ood   ri  « 

Cricket   Goods   \y*  34 

Crochet  Cord  and  Needles   U«<  *a 

Crochet  Silks   \>''vLZL 

Crockery   Bas  lront 

Crookes*  Tubes  for  X  Rays  Las.  Center 

Croquet  Sets   •■  f1-,34 

Croquette  Molds   Bas.  Center 

Crossed  Handle  Toasters   Bas.  Center 

Croton  Sets   B«S.  rront 

Crown   Roasters   •  •  ••  •  pa  s  Kear 

Crowns  (Cold),  Dental  U  Bal..  iSth  st. 

Crumb  Brush  and  Tray   Bas.  Center 

Crumb  Scrapers   L,  2,  and  Bas.  Center 

Crumb  Sets   •  •»••  4 

Crushed   Ice  Bowls   Bas.   I  ront 

Crusher  Hats,  Boys'   \  ,  35-  37.  39 

Crusher  Hats,  Men's   ■•         35-  37-39 

Crutches   I..  '8th  st.  side 

Crystalline  Camphor   Bas.  Rear 

-Crystallized  Fruit.  Rose  Leaves,  and  Violets  L,  IS 

Cubeb  Berries  and  Cigarettes  L,  i8th  st. 

Cuffs,  Linen  and  Celluloid   L-  11 

Cuff  Buttons  and  Links   •  -  L,  2 

Cullenders   Bas.  Center 

Cupboard  Catches   Bas.  Rear 

Cupboard  Turns   Bas.  Rear 


166 


Cup  Hooks   ■■■■l}1->  l7 

(_ups   Bas.  Center 

Cups  and  Saucers   L,  4  and  Bas.  Front  and  Rear 

Curline   •  -H-.  12 

Curling  Irons  I.,  2,  L,  16,  Bas.  Rear,  and  II.,  12 

Curling  Iron  Heaters   I.,  16  and  Bas.  Rear 

Curry    Combs    .    .  ...II.,  40 

Curtains  of  all  kinds  and  fixtures  III.,  15,  17,  19 

Curtain  Poles   III.,  17 

Curtain  Rings   III.,  17  and  Bas.  Rear 

Curtain  Stretchers   Bas.  Rear 

Cuspidor  Mats   Bas.  Rear 

Cuspidors  of  all  kinds  I.,  4.  Bas.  Rear 

Cut  1- lowers   I.,  19th  St.  entrance 

Cuticle  Knives  and  Scissors   1.,  4  and  II..  12 

Cutlery  of  all  kinds   I.,  4 

Cutters   Bas.  Rear 

Cutting  Tables   III.  and  Bas.  Rear 

Cylinder  Churns   Bas.  Rear 

Dahlia  Stakes   VII.,  Cons. 

Dairy   IV.,   19th  st. 

Dairy   Pails   Bas.  Rear 

Dark  Room  for  Photographers  (free)  II.,  23 

Dates   IV.,  11 

Dating  Stamps   I.,  29 

Daubers   Bas.  Center 

Davenport  Sofas   III. 

Deciduous  Trees  and  Shrubs   VII.,  Cons. 

Decorating  Flowers   II.,  9,  11 

Decoys,   Hunting   II.,  36 

Delettrez  Perfume  I.,  18th  st.  side 

Delicatessen   IV.,  11 

Delineator,  Patterns,  etc  1.,  18th  st.  entrance 

Delivery  Department   Bas.  Rear 

Denim  II.,  27,  III.,  17,  and  i.,  26 

Denim  Screens   III.,  17 

Dental  Dams  I.,  18th  st.  side 

Dental  Parlors  I.,  Bal.,  18th  st.  side 

Dentifrice  (Hayes's  Tooth)  I.,  Bal.,  18th  st.  side 

Denton's  Sleeping  Gowns   II.,  13 

Derby  Hats,  Boys'   I.,  35,  37.  39 

Derby  Hats,  Men's   I.,  35.  37.  39 

Desk  Baskets   Bas.  Center 

Desk  Pads  I.,  29 

Desk  Sets   I.,  3 

Desks,  Office   III. 

Desks,  School   III. 


Desk  Wire  Baskets  .....I.,  4 

Dessert  Forks    1  f  4 

Dessert  Knives   I  * '  2"and  4 

Dessert  Spoons   ...II.,  23 

Developers,  I'hoto  j^'  2<J 

Developing  Amateur  I  hotos   i"  "i8th"st.  side 

Diamond  Dyes   ,V*V '  II  »J 

Diapers  and  Tads,  Quilted   I.,  2 

Diaries  I-.-29 

Diaries    j  [#l  34 

Dice  and  Dice  Boxes  .  •••••  ^  and 

Dictionaries  and  Stands    * 

Dining-room  Chairs   RaV.' Center 

Dinner  Carriers    Center 

Dinner  Kettles    ^  Front 

Dinner  Sets    lJas  Center 

D|PPC«   i  ,  p.al.,  ,qth  st. 

Directories    |j  34 

Dishes,  China   Bas.  Rear 

Dish   Kettles    Has  Rear 

Dish  Mops    ]>>as  !<car 

Dishpans    Has  Rear 

Dish  Strainers   '....Bas.  Kear 

Dividing  \\  ings    ...II.,  26 

Doctor's  Office   ..IV.,  Men. 

Dogs  'Bas.  Center 

Dog  gaskets     B  Centef 

Dog  Blankets    Ras  Rear 

Dog  Brushes   ...Bas.  Center 

Dog  Chains   .......Bas  Center 

J>°*  pilars   •  •  p>as  Center 

Dog  Combs..    Bas  Centcr 

Dog  Couplings    IV  ^Ien 

Dog  Food   .■..■...Bas." Center 

Dog  Whips     [Itj  29.39 

Dolls.    Bas.  Rear 

Door  Bells     Bas  Rear 

Door  Bolts     Bas.  Rear 

Door  Buttons    p>as  Rear 

Door  Checks  Bas.  Rear 

Door  Fasts   


168 


Door  Handles   Bas.  Rear 

Door  Knobs   Bas.  Rear 

Door  Knockers   Bas.  Rear 

Door  Mats   Bas.  Rear  and  III.,  g 

Door  Numbers   Bas.  Rear 

Door  Openers   Bas.  Rear 

Door  Springs   Bas.  Rear 

Door  Stops   Bas.  Rear 

Doorstep  Mats   II..  34 

Double  Boilers   Bas.  Rear 

Douche   Pans   Bas.  Center 

Doves   IV.,  Men. 

Down  Quilts  and  Pillows  /  I.,  28 

Drafts,  Forms  of   I.,  29 

Drapery,  Fancy,  to  Order  III.,  17 

Drapery  Fringe.  Hooks,  and  Silk  III.,  15  and  17 

Drawers,  Boys'  Underwear   I.,  13 

Drawers,  Flannelette  II.,  15 

Drawers,  Men's,  Ladies',  Children's  I.,  11-13 

Drawers,  Muslin  and  Cambric  II.,  15 

Drawers,  Silk   II.,  15 

Drawer  Waists   II.,  13 

Drawer  Pulls   Bas.  Rear 

Drawing  Books  and  Sets,  Artists'  II..  23 

Dredge  Boxes   Bas.  Rear 

Dress  Fronts   II.,  32 

Dress  Goods  Department,  Colored  I.,  5 

Dress  Goods   I.,  9 

Dresses,  Ladies'   II.,  2 

Dresses,  Misses'  and  Children's  II.,  10 

Dressing  Cases   .  L,  16 

Dressing  Combs   .'  I.,  18th  st.  side 

Dressing  Gowns,  Men's  I.,  26,  28.  30 

Dressing  Sacques   II..  15 

Dressing  Tables   III. 

Dress  Patterns   I.,  18th  st.  entrance 

Dress  Shields   I.,  16 

Dress  Stays   I.,  16 

Dress  Suit  Cases   .'    L,  16 

Dried  Fruits   IV..  12 

Drills   Bas.  Rear 

Drinking  Cuns   Bas.  Center,  I.,  16.  and  IT.,  36 

Drip  Pans.  Sheet-iron  and  Acme   Bas.  Rear 

Drivers'  Caps.  Men's  I..  35,  37.  39 

Driving  Gloves   II.,  4o,  and  I..  6 

Drop  Nets   II.,  38 

Droppers   ,   1.,  ,»th  st  side 


169 


Drugs  and  Drug  Sundries  L,  18th  st.  side 

Drums   II.,  27 

Dumbbells  II-.  34 

Duplicate  Order  Hooks   I.,  29 

Duplicate   Whist   Sets  I.,  29 

Dust  B rushes   Bas.  Rear 

Duster  Handles   Has.  Rear 

Dustpans   Bas.  Rear 

Dyes,   Kaster  Egg   I..  18th  st.  side 

Dyes,  Hair   E,  18th  st.  side 

Dynamos.  Electric   Bas.  Center 

Earring!  of  all  kinds  L,  2 

Earthen   Pots   Bas.  Eront 

Ear  Trumpets   L,  18th  st.  side 

Easels,  Artists'   IE.  23 

La-els.   P.rass   Bas.  Center 

Easter  Cards   I.,  29 

Easter   Novelties   E,  15 

Eau  de  Cologne  IXj  12 

Ebony  Military  Brashes  E,  18th  st.  side 

Edgings  and   Embroideries  E.  'o 

Egg  Beaters   Bas.  Center 

Egg  Cups   Bas.  Front 

Egg  Frving  Pans   Bas.  Rear 

Egg  Lifters   Bas.  Center 

Egg   Plates   Bas.  Center 

Egg  Poachers   Bas.  Center 

Egg  Turners   Bas.  Center 

Eggs   ......IV  .  9 

Efitg  Slicers   Bas.  Center 

Eiderdown  Bath  Robes  •.  IE,  15 

Elastic  Anklets.  Bandages,  and  Stockings  I.,  18th  st.  side 

Elastics   E.  14 

Electric   Attaching  Plugs   Bas.  Center 

Electrical   Rooks   Bas.  Center 

Electrical  Supplies   Bas.  Center 

Electric  imA  olt  Motors   Bas.  Center 

Electric  Rranches  and  Conduits   Bas.  Center 

Electric  Brushes   Bas.  Center 

Electric  Cloth   Bas  Center 

Electric   Conducting  Cord  Bas.  Center 

Electric  Curling  Iron  Heaters  Bas.  Center 

Electric   Fans   Bas.  Center 

Electric  Fuses  and  Fuse  Links   Bas.  Center 

Electric  Fuse  Wires     Bas.  Center 

Electric  Gas  Lighters   Bas.  Center 

Electric  Gas  Lighting  Burners   Bas.  Center 

170 


Electric  Irons   Bas.  Center 

Electric  Lamps   Bas.  Center 

Electric  Lamp  Sockets   Bas.  Center 

Electric  Light  Desk  Fixtures   Bas.  Center 

Electric  Lights.  Portable   Bas.  Center 

Electric  Light  Switches   Bas.  Center 

Electric    Matting   Bas.  Center 

Electric  Stoves   Bas.  Center 

Electric  Tape   Bas.  Center 

Elevators  Center,  18th  st.  side,  and  6th  ave.  front 

Emblems   II.,  32 

Embroidered  Muslin   III.,  15 

Embroideries   I.,  10 

Embroideries,  Hamburg   I.,  10 

Embroideries.  Needlework   I.,  10 

Embroidery  Cottons   II.,  25 

Embroidery  Hoops   II.,  27 

Embroidery  Needles   II.,  25 

Embroidery  Silks   II.,  27 

Emery   I.,  2 

Emery  Boards   II..  12 

Emery  Cloth   Bas.  Rear 

Emery  Paper   Bas.  Rear 

Emeries   I.,  2 

Enamel.  Artists'   II.,  23 

Enamel  Bath  Paints  Bas.  Rear 

Enamel  Paints   Bas.  Rear 

Enamel  Ware   Bas.  Rear 

Engagement  Tablets   I.,  4 

Engraving  in  all  styles   I..  29 

■Engravings  Cleaned  and  Restored  II..  26 

Engravings.  Framed  and  Unframed  II..  26-28 

Envelope   Boxes   Bas.  Rear 

Envelope  Racks   I..  2.  and  Bas.  Front 

Envelopes   I..  29 

Enquiry  Office   I.,  Bal. 

Episcopal   Prayer-books   I.,  31 

Epsom  Salts   ■.  I.,  18th  st.  side 

Equestrienne  Tights   I.,  13 

Erasers.  Artists'   II..  23 

Etchings  and  Engravings  II..  26.  28,  30 

Evergreen  Trees  and  Shrubs   VII.,  Cons. 

Exchange  Office   I.,  17,  and  II..  19th  st. 

Exotic  Plants   VII.,  Cons. 

Extension    Bells   Bas.  Rear 

Extension  Roasters   Bas.  Rear 

Extension  Strainers  ...Bas.  Rear 

171 


Extension  Tables   •  •••  I'f- 

Extract  Beef   «8th  st.  side 

Eyebolts   Bas.  Rear 

Eyebrow   Combs   V*"ili -j 4 

Eyebrow  Pencils  I.,  18th  st.  side,  and  II.,  12 

Eye  Droppers  L.  *th  *  fWJ 

Eyeglasses  of  all  kinds,  Chains  and  Cords  I.,  6 

Eye   Shades   6 


Eye  Water 


18th  st.  side 


Face  Bleach,  .Madam  Vale's  L,  «8th  st.  side 

Eace  Powders  L,  18th  st.  side,  and  II.,  12 

Pace  Sponges   .  I.,  18th  st.  side 

Pancy  Baskets  and  Boxes   L,  15.  and  Bas.  Center 

Pancy  Feathers   9  " 

Fancy  Goods   ......II.,  23 

Fancy  Japanese  Trays   Bas.  tenter 

Fancy   Linens   J»i  2^ 

Fancy  Ribbons   •  F,  8 

Fans   •  ■}■<  '4 

Farina  Boilers,  Various   Bas.  Center 

Farm  Seeds   IV.,  Iront 

Farmers'   Knives   Bas.  Rear 

Fascinators   IF'  '5 

Fashion  Papers   •  iy  3« 

Faucets   Bas.  Rear 

Favors   I»i  '5 

Feather  Boas   la  M 

Feather  Curlers   vr'**'^ ;  IT l"  2 

Feather  Dusters  Bas.  Rear  and  IF,  40 

Feathers.  Millinery   IF.  11 

Feathers.  Bedding   •  F.  3° 

Fedora  Hats,  Boys'  and  Men's  F,  35.  37,  39 

Feed  Bags   ••••  V  4° 

Feeding  Cups  and  Tubes   F,  18th  st. 

Felt    •  HI--  '7 

Fenders   Bas.  Rear 

Fencing  Foils  and  Supplies  IF.  34 

Ferns  and  Fern  Dishes... VII.,  Cons.,  I.,  4,  and  Bas.  Front 

Fertilizers   VII.,  Ct>ns- 

Fever  Thermometers   F.  " 

Fez  Caps   H->  5  7 

Fez  Caps,  Boys'   P.  35-37  39 

Fiber  Basins,   Tars,  and   Kettles  Bas.  Center 

Fiber  Saucers  for  Plants   VTF,  Cons. 

Fiber  Trays  and  Tubs  Bas.  Rear 

Fichus  and  Lace  Ties  I«  Bet.  10-12 

Field  Seeds   IV.,  Front 


172 


Field  Glasses   L,  6 

Figs   IV..  ii 

Figures,  all  styles   I.,  2 

Files   I.,  4 

Filters   L,  4 

Finches   IV.,  Men. 

Fine  Combs   ,  L,  18th  st. 

Finger  Cots   I.,   18th  st. 

Finger   Bowls   Bas.  Front 

Finger  Puffs   II.,  12 

Fire  Grates   Bas.  Rear 

Fire  Irons   Bas.  Rear 

Fireplace   Furnishings   Bas.  Rear 

Fire  Sets   I.,  2 

Fire  Screens   Bas.  Rear 

Fish,  Live   IV.,  Men. 

Fish-cake  Servers   L,  4 

Fish,   Canned   IV.,  9 

Fish  Foods   IV.,  Men. 

Fish,  Fresh   IV.,  19th  st. 

Fish  Globes   Bas.  Front  and  IV.,  Men. 

Fish  Kettles   Bas.  Center 

Fish  Net  Lace   III.,  15 

Fish  Rods   II.,  38 

Fish,  Smoked   IV.,  19th  st. 

Fish   Turners   Bas.  Center 

Fishing  Hooks   II.,  38 

Fishing  Tackles   II.,  38 

Five  O'Clock  Tea  Sets  I.,  4,  and  Bas.  Front  and  Rear 

Five  O'Clock  Tea  Kettles   Bas.  Center 

Flags   II.,  29,  31 

Flannels   L,  28 

Flannel  Barrow  Coats  II.,  13 

Flannels,  Canton   I.,  23 

Flannel  Skirts,  Infants'  Long  and  Short  II.,  13 

Flannelette  Gowns   II.,  15 

Flash  Powder  for  Photography   II.,  23 

Flasks,  Glass   I..  2 

Flasks   I.,  2  and  4 

Flat   Varnish   Brushes   Bas  Center 

Flea  Killer   IV.,  Men. 

Flesh  Brushes   L,  18th  st. 

Flesh  Forks   Bas.  Rear 

Floor  Easels   II.,  26-28-30 

Floor   Linens   III. 

Floor   Polish   Bas.  Rear 

Floor  Shine   Bas.  Rear 


Floor  Wax   •  •  {<tar 

Floncultural   iiook.«  I.,   «9th  st.   Mdc,  Kcar 

Florida  Water   U  '«th  st. 

Flour   . .  1\  13 

Flour  Bins   Baa.  Center 

Flour  Bins,  w.th  Sifters   Bas.  Center 

Flour   Sieves   B*a>  Center 

Flour  Dredgers   ,Jas-  Center 

l-h.ur   Sifters   Pas.  Center 

Plow*  Baskets   Bas.  Center 

Flour   Buckets   Bas.  Center 

Flowers,  Cut   L,  19th  st.  Entrance 

Flower   Holders  Bas.  Front 

Flowering  Roots,  IMants,  and  Shrubs   VII.,  CoOS, 

Flowers,  Jardiniere   II.,  9-U 

Flower   I'ots,   I'lated   •  I-,  4 

Flower  Poti  and  Saucers   VII.,  Cons. 

Flower   Seeds   I  »  •.  Front 

Flower  Stands   Bas.  Bear 

Flower  Stands  Baskets   Bas.  Center 

Flower  Vases   F,  4 

Flush  Rings   Bas.  Rear 

Fluting  Machines   Bas.  Rear 

Fly  Paper   L.  18th  st. 

Fly  Traps   Bas.  Rear 

Fobs,  Cents',  and  Fob  Chains   I.,  2 

Folding  Cups   Bas.  Rear 

Folding  Steps   Bas.  Rear 

Folding  Tables   Bas.  Rear 

Footballs,  Clothing,  and  Supplies  IF.  34 

Foot  Benches   Bas.  Rear 

Foot  Tubs   Bas.  Rear 

Foot  Warmers   Bas.  Rear 

Forbes's  Toilet  Sets   I-.  4 

Forks  of  all  kinds   L,  2  and  4,  and  Ba.-.  Front 

Found  Property  Office   F.  Bal. 

Fountain,    Flectric   Center 

Fountain  Pens   I-.  *9 

Fountain  Syringes   F,  18th  st. 

Fowls   I V..  17- 19-21 

Fox   Terriers   IV.,  Men. 

Frames   H-»  2& 

Frames,  Plush  and  Brass  F.  14 

Frankfurters.  Smoked  IV.,  19th  st. 

French  Books  F,  i9tb  st.  side  Rear 

French  Bread  Boxes   Bas.  Center 

French  Potato  Friers   Bas.  Center 


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Fresh  Fish   IV..  19th  st. 

Fresh  Fruit  in  Season   IV.,  11 

Fresh   Meats   IV..  17-19-21 

Fresh  Vegetables   IV..  11 

Fret  Work   III..  17 

Fringes   I.,  14 

Fringe,  Silk,  for  Upholstery   III.,  15 

Frogs   IV..  Men. 

Fruits,  Canned   IV..  21 

Fruits,  Dried   IV.,  12 

Fruits.  Fresh   IV.,  11 

Fruit  Tars   Bas.  Front 

Fruit  Knives  I.,  2  and  4,  and  Bas.  Center 

Fruit  Presses   Bas.  Rear 

Fruit  Trees  and  Plants   VII.,  Cons. 

Fry  Pan?   Bas.  Rear 

Fullers   Earth   I..   18th  st. 

Funnel^.  Plated  and  Tinware  I.,  4.  and  Bas.  Center 

Furnishings,  House   Bas.  Rear 

Furnishings,  Men's   I..  9  and  11 

Furniture   III.,  16-38 

Furniture  Cord   III.,  15 

Furniture  Dusters   Bas.  Rear 

Furniture  Fringe   III..  15 

Furniture  Polish   Bas.  Rear 

Fur  Caps.  Men's  I.,  35-37-39 

Fur  Gloves   I.,  Bet.  6  and  8 

Fur  Robes   II.,  40 

Furs   II.,  1 

Furs.  Ladies',  Misses',  and  Children's  (made)  II.,  13 

Fur  Trimmings   I.,  14 

Fuse   Kits   (Electric)  Bas.  Center 

Galvanized  Chamber  Pails   Bas.  Rear 

Galvanized  Footbaths   Bas.  Rear 

Galvanized  Pails   Bas.  Rear 

Galvanized  Tea  Kettles   Bas.  Rear 

Galvanometers   Bas.  Center 

Game  Bags   ,'.  II..  36 

Game  Carriers   II..  36 

Game  Counters   I.,  29 

Game,  canned   IV..  19 

Game  in  season   IV..  19th  st. 

Games   II..  29-39 

Game  Sets   Bas.  Front 

Garbage  Cans   Bas.  Rear 

Garden  Hose   Bas.  Rear 

Garden  Seeds   IV..  Front 


Garden  Sets   Bas.  Rear 

Garter  Buckles   2 

Garter  Buckles,  Ladies'   It  * 

Garters  I..  2  and  14 

Garter  Ruckles.  Gents'   ft  * 

Garters,  Arm  Bands,  and  Cuff  Holders,  Men's   I.,  11 

Garter-web   •  l*i  M 

Gas   Burners   1{as.  Rear 

Gas  Logs   Bas.  Rear 

Gas  Stove  Broilers   Bas.  Rear 

Gas  Stove  Tubing   Bas.  Rear 

Gas  Torches   Bas.  Rear 

Gas  Globes   Bas.  lront 

Gas  Stoves   Bas.  Rear 

Gauges   Bas.  Rear 

Geese   IV.,  1719-21 

Gersler  Tubes   Bas.  Rear 

Gem   Plates   Bas.  Center 

Gem  Dishes   Bas.  Center 

General  Offices  III-.  19th  st 

German  Roards   Bas.  Rear 

German  Books  L,  19th  st.  side,  Rear 

German  China   Bas.  Front 

German  Tailor  Irons   Bas.  Rear 

Gilt  Conversation  Chairs   Ill- 
Gilt  Cord   *hJP 

Gilt    Corner   Chairs   Ill- 

Gilt  Curio  Cabinets   Ill- 
Gilt  Foot  Rests   Ill- 
Gilt    Mirrors   \\\- 

Gilt  Music  Stands   \\\- 

Gilt  Parlor  Cabinets   \\\- 

Gilt   Parlor  Suits   }'}• 

Gilt   Parlor  Tables   '•>• 

Gilt   Work   Tables   ■;• 

Gimblets   gas  gear 

Gimblet  Bits   •  

Gimps   L,  14,  and  ITT  15 

Gin   TX  •  l8th  st- 

Ginger  Ale   IV"  l8Th  s*i 

Ginghams  A  -  28 

Girdles.  Enameled  and  Jeweled   2 

Girts   II  .  40 

Glass   Brushes   Bas.  Rear 

Glass  Cutters   Bas.  Rear 

Glass  of  Fashion   •  '  •  ™ 

Glassware,  all  kinds   Bas.  Front 


170 


Globes,  Geographical   I.,  29 

Globes,   G'ass   -.  Bas.  Front 

Glove  Department,  Men's,  Ladies',  and  Children's  I.,  6-8 

Glove   Boxes   I.,  16 

Glove  Boxes   Bas.  Front 

Glove  Buttoners   I.,  2 

Gloves  Cleaned   I.,  bet.  6  and  8 

Gloves  Repaired   I.,  bet.  6  and  8 

Gloves,  Rubber,  Photographers'   II.,  23 

Glove  Stretchers   I..  2 

Glue  Bas.  Center 

Glue  Brushes   Bas.  Center 

Glue  Pots   Bas.  Rear 

Glycerine  I.,   18th  st. 

Goggles,  Riding  and  Bicvcle   I.,  6 

Gold  Cloth   III..  15 

Gold  Finches   IV  ,  Men. 

Gold  Frames  Regilded   II.,  26 

Gold  Paint,  Artists'   II.,  23 

Gold   Paint,   Commercial   and  Japanese  Bas.  Center 

Golf  Balls   II.,  38 

Golf  Caps,  Boys'  and  Men's   I.,  27-29-31 

Golf  Clubs   II.,  34 

Golf  Goods   II.,  38 

Golf  Hose   II.,  32 

Golf  Suits.  Men's   I.,  26-28-30 

Golf  and  Yacht  Caps,  Men's   I.,  27-29-31 

Gong  Bells   Bas.  Rear 

Goodyear  Syringes   I.,  18th  st.  side 

Gospel  Hymns   II.,  35 

Gossamers  II..  16 

Gourd  Seed   IV.,  Front 

Graduating  Glass,  Photographic   II.,  23 

Grand  Album   I.,  16 

Granite  City  Roasters   Bas.  Rear 

Granny  Brushes   Bas.  Rear 

Granny  Combs  Bas.  Rear 

Grapes   IV.,  11 

Graphascopes   I..  6 

Grass  Seeds   IV.,  Front 

Grass  Suits   ,  II..  36 

Gravy  Ladles   L,  2  and  4 

Gravy   Soup   Strains   Bas.  Center 

Grease   II.,  36 

Grease  Paints   I.,   18th  st. 

Greenhouse   VII.,  Front,  take  6th  ave.  Elevators 

Greenhouse  Plants   ..VII.,  Cons. 


177 


Green  Soap   I.,   iSth  st. 

Green   Vegetables   IV.,  n 

Gridirons   Has.  Kear 

Griddles   lias.  Kear 

Grill  Ends.  Centers,  etc  III.,  17 

Grill  and  Fret  Work   III..  17 

Grindstones   lias.  Rear 

Groceries   1  V  ..  1*24 

Grocers'  Coats   I.,  26-2S-30 

Groovers  for  Floors   Has.  Kear 

Guest  Cards   I.,  2j 

Guinea   l'igs   IV.,  .Men. 

Guide   Hooks   I .,  31 

Guipure   11.,  13 

Guns  of  all  kinds,  and  Cases  II.,  36 

Gymnasium  Suits  and  Supplies   II.,  3-' 

Hacking    Knives   Has.  Centtr 

Hack  Saw  Frames   Has.  Kear 

Hair  Baskets   Has.  Center 

Hair  Brushes   I  ,  4.  18th  st. 

Hair  Crimpers   I.,  16 

Hair  Curlers   I.,  16 

Hair  Cutting   Has.,  iflth  st. 

Hair  Dressing,  Ladies'   II.,  12 

Hair  Fasteners   II.,  12 

Hair  Nets   II.,  12 

Hair  Oil   I.,  i8th  st. 

Hair  Ornaments   II.,  12 

Hair  Pins   1.,  2  and  16 

Hall   Settees   III. 

Hall  Stand  Hooks   Has.  Kear 

Halters   II..  40 

Ham  Boilers   Has.  Kear 

Ham   j'lales   Has.  Center 

Hammers   Has.  Kear 

Hammocks   II.,  34 

Hams   IV.,  19th  st. 

Hamper  Haskets   Has.  Center 

Hand  Bells   Has.  Kear 

Hand  Brushes   I.,  18th  st. 

Hand  Bags   1..  16 

Hand  Fluters   Bas.  Kear 

Handkerchief  Boxes   I.,  16,  and  Bas.  Front 

Handkerchief  Extracts   I.,   18th  st. 

Handkerchiefs   I.,  Bet.  Central  Elevators 

Hand  Mirrors   L,  2,  and  I.,  18th  st. 

Hand  Screws   Bas.  Rear 


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Handy  Brushes   Bas.  Rear 

Hanging  Baskets   \  II.,  Cons. 

Hanging  Book  Racks   III. 

Hanging  Hall  Glasses   III. 

Hardware   ba_-.  Kcftr 

Hardy  Plants,  Shrubs,  and  Grasses  VIL,  Cons. 

Harness   Hi,  34 

Harness  Hooks   Bas.  Rear 

Harness  Oil  and  Soap  II.,  40 

Harness  Repairing  Outfits   Bas.  Rear 

Harness   Rings   Bas.  Rear 

Hasps  and  Staples   Bas.  Rear 

Hatband  Ribbons   L,  8 

Hat   Boxes   I.,  16 

Hat  Brushes   I.,  4,  and  L,  18th  st. 

Hat   Chains   Bas.  Rear 

Hatchets   Bas.  Rear 

Hats,  Children's   II.,  5 

Hats,  Evening   II.,  5 

Hat  Frames   II.,  5-7 

Hats,  Ladies'   II.,  5 

Hats,   Ladies'  Trimmed   II.,  5 

Hat   Lining   II.,  5 

Hat    Marks   I.,  2 

Hats,  Men's  and  Boys'  I.,  3^-37-39 

Hat  Pins   ,L,  2 

Hats,   Untrimmed   II.,  5-7 

Hazel  Jams,  Pickels,  Jellies,  etc  IV.,  5 

Head  Harness   II.,  34 

Health   Pulls   II.,  34 

Hearth  Brushes   Bas.  Rear 

Hearts,  Gold   L.  2 

Hedge  Plants   VIL.  Cons. 

Heel  Plates   Bas.  Rear 

Helmets   II.,  32 

Herbaceous  Plants   VIL,  Cons. 

Herbs   IV..  15 

Herb   Seed   ■    IV.,  Front 

Hinges   .Bas.  Rear 

Hitching  Rings   Bas.  Rear 

Hockev  Balls  and  Sticks  '  II.,  38 

Holsters   II..  36 

Hoods,  Children's  Worsted   II.,  13 

Hoods.  Ladies'  Worsted   II.,  15 

Hoof  Parers   Bas.  Rear 

Hooks   Bas.  Rear 

Hooks  and  Eyes,  Iron   Bas.  Rear 

179 


Hooks  and  Eyes,  Dress   1.,  14 

HorM    Blankets   ll.,  34 

Horse  Collars   II.,  40 

Horse  Covers,  Oiled   II.,  40 

Horse   Goods   II.,  34 

Horse  Medicines   II.,  40 

Hor>e   Radish   Grinders  Has.  Rear 

Horse  Radish  Spoons,  silver  I.,  4 

Horseshoe   Magnets   Bas.  Center 

Horse  Whips   II.,  40 

Horticultural    Be  jks   I.,  31 

Hose,  Infant*'.  Silk,  Lisle,  Cotton,  and  Wool   I.,  13 

Hose    Supporters   I.,  14 

Hosiery,  Children's  and  Ladies'  I.,  13 

Hosiery,  Men's,  Ladies',  Children's   I.,  11-13 

Hospital  (Kmergency)   II.,  Center 

Hotel   Refrigerators   Bas.  Rear 

Hotel    Register    Hooks   I.,  2j 

Hot  Reef   Tea   I.,  Center 

Hot  Clam  Bouillon   L,  Center 

Hot  Lemonade   I.,  Center 

Hot  Soda   I.,  Center 

Hothouse    Plants   VII.,  Cons. 

Hot-water   Carriers   lias.  Center 

Hot-water  Plates   Bas.  Center 

Hot-water  Platters   Bas.  Ceni'-r 

Hot-water  Cms   Bas.  Center 

Housemaids'  Pails   Bas.  Rear 

House  Coats   I.,  36 

Huhigant  Perfume   I..  18th  st. 

House  Furnishing  Goods   Bas.  Rear 

Hunting  Clothing   II.,  36 

Hunting  Knives   I.,  2,  and  II.,  36 

Hunyadi  Water   I.,  18th  st. 

Hygrometers   I.,  6 

Ice  Bags   I.,  18th  st. 

Ice  Boxes   Bas.  Rear 

Ice  Caps   I.,  18th  st. 

Ice   Chests   Bas.  Rear 

Ice  Chisels  ,  Bas.  Rear 

Ice  Choppers   Bas.  Rear 

Ice  Cream   I.,  Center 

Ice  Cream   IV..  23 

Ice  Cream   Freezers   Bas.  Rear 

Ice  Cream   Knives   I.,  4 

Ice  Cream  Sets   Bas.  Front 

Ice  Cream  Sodas   L,  Center 


180 


Ice  Cream  Tables   III. 

Ice  Picks   Bas.  Rear 

Ice  Pitchers   L,  4,  and  Bas.  Front 

Ice  Shavers   Bas.  Rear 

Ice  Skates   II.,  34 

Ice  Spoons   I.,  4 

Ice  Tongs   I.,  4,  and  Bas.  Center 

Ice  Tools   Bas.  Rear 

Ice  Wool   II.,  25 

Ichthyol  Soap   I..  18th  st. 

Imperial    Hair   Regenerator  II.,  12 

Incandescent  Gas  Fittings  and  Burners  Bas.  Rear 

Incubators   IV.,  Men. 

Indelible  Inks   I..  29 

India  Stools   III. 

Indian  Clubs   II.,  34 

Induction  Coils,  Electric   Bai.  Center 

Infants'  Cloaks  and  Outfits   II.,  8 

Infants'  Long  and  Short  Coats   II.,  13 

Infants'  Long  and  Short  Dresses  II.,  13 

Infants'  Outfits   II.,  15 

Infants'  L'nderwear   L,  13 

Infants'  and  Misses'  U"nderwear  II.,  11-17 

Information  Bureau   I.,  Bal.,  19th  st. 

Inhalers   I.,   t8th  st. 

Initial  Handkerchiefs   I.,  Bet.  Cen.  Elevators 

Inks   I.,  29 

Inks.   Higgins'   II.,  23 

Ink  Eradicators   I.,  29 

Ink  Erasers   I.,  29 

Ink   Pads   I.,  29 

Ink  Stands   I.,  4,  I.,  29,  and  Bas.  Front 

Ink   Wells   L,  2 

Insect  Powder   Bas.  Rear 

Insect  Powder  Guns   Bas.  Rear 

Invalid   Chairs   III. 

Invalid  Travs  Bas.  Center 

Invalid  Wheel  Chairs   TIT. 

Invoice  Books   I.,  29 

Tnquirv  Office   I.,  Bal. 

Iron   Beds   TIL 

Iron  Boilers   Bas.  Reat 

Ironing  Boards   Bas.  Rear 

Ironing  Cleaners   Bas.  Rear 

Tron  Cots   TIL 

Iron  Gem  Pans   Bas.  Rear 

Iron  Holders   Bas.  Rear 


181 


Iron  Mortars  and  Pedestals   gjJJ 

Jron»   .V.V.V/.Bml  Hear 

Ironware    iji 

Iron  \\  ashstands   '.'.'.'lias.' '  Rear 

Ironing  Wh    ..VII.,  Con*. 

Uteetieide*    L  l8th  st. 

Insect  Powders    j  st 

Insect  Powder  Bellows   j  ,,al 

Interpreters   l'v'. ,"  18th  st'. 

Italian  Wines    .VIL  Cons. 

Jaekcts,'  Ladies'  and  Misses'  "/.'.'.'.'}. \\. *,'  7 

Ja»»«   •       • ;  '.'.'.'.'.'.Pas.  "Center 

hpantM  Baskets     ^  Center 

J»p«nesc    Pells     BM.  Center 

Japanese  Bread   Baskets    Center 

J»pane»e  Candlesticks   

Upaaese  Cannistcrs.  Bu.  Center 

[•panCM  tomb  Cases   .  •  •  •   tenter 

Japanese  Crumb  Hrn-h  and   1  ray    I\  ,  Men. 

Japanese  Robins   ,y  '  Men. 

Japanese  Spaniels   .'.'.'.'.Bas.  '  Front 

lardinieres    eTl  ,rll 

jardiniere  Flowers.   Jias  Front 

lartliniere  Pedestals    Bas  Fnmt 

jardiniere  Stands    Bas  ^ear 

Jar  Fillers  TA  .,  7 

Jellies   •    Bas.  Rear 

Jelly  Cake  Pans    ...Bas.  Rear 

Jelly  Pans    ....Bas.  Rear 

Jellv  Molds    J  4 

Jelly   Knives     l  2 

Jellv    Spoons   L,  H 

Jerseys,  Boys  and  Mens   ...II.,  9-u 

Jet    Ornaments   ..'i'.,  16  and  C,  4 

Jewel  Cases     I.,  2 

Jewelry  •••  II  32 

ewelry.  Theatrical     Bas  Rear 


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uice  Extractors     j  f  26-28-30 

jumpers.   Men's....   ...Bas.  Center 

Kalsomining  Brushes    Ras  Center 

Keelers,  Wood  Cedar    Bas  center 

Kettles  of  all  kinds    ...Bas.  Rear 

Kettle  Ranges   '  gas.  Rear 

Kettle  Toddies    .Bas.  Center 

Key  Baskets   .....I.,  2  and  16 

Key  Chains   

182 


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Key  Rings   L,  1,  6,  and  29 

Kid  Gloves   I.,  Bet.  6  and  8 

Kilt  Suits  for  Boys  L,  36 

King  Charles  Spaniels   IV.,  Men. 

Kitchen  Bowls   Bas.  Front 

Kitchen  Outfits   ..Bas. 

Kitchen  Supplies   IV.,  8-10 

Kitchen  Tables   III. 

Kitchen  Trays   Bas.  Center 

Knickerbockers,  Girls'   I.,  13 

Knick-knack  Dusters  I.,  4 

Knife   Baskets   Bas.  Center 

Knife  Boards   Bas.  Rear 

Knife  Boxes   Bas.  Rear 

Knife  Polish   Bas.  Rear 

Knife  Powder   Bas.  Rear 

Knife  Rests  I.,  4 

Knitted  Goods  II.,  17 

Knitting  Needles   XL,  25 

Knit  Underwear,  Ladies',  Men's,  and  Children's  L,  13 

Knitting  Yarns  and  Zephyrs   II.,  27 

Knives   L,  2  and  4,  and  Bas.  Front 

Kraut  Cutters   Bas.  Rear 

Kumyss   L,  Center 

Labels  for  Trees  and  Plants  VII.,  Cons. 

Lace  Curtains   III. 

Laces   I.,  10-12 

Lace,  Antique   III.,  15 

Laces,  Beadings   I.,  Bet.  10-12 

Laces,  Bobbin  Net   I.,  Bet.  10-12 

Laces,  Bridal  Illusion   L,  Bet.  10-12 

Lace,  Brussels   III.,  15 

Laces,  Chiffon,  Plain,  Pleated,  and  Embroidered. I.,  Bet.  10-12 

Lace,  Cluny   III.,  15 

Laces,  Drapery  Nets   I.,  Bet.  10-12 

Lace,  Duchess  III.,  15 

Lace,  Irish  Point  Sash   III.,  15 

Lace,  Novelty   III.,  15 

Laces,  Oriental   I.,  Bet.  10  and  12 

Laces,  Point   III.,  15 

Laces,  Renaissance   III.,  15 

Laces,  Silk  Mull   I.,  Bet.  10-12 

Laces,  Tinsel  Nets   I.,  Bet.  10-12 

Laces,  Tosca  Nets   I.,  Bet.  10-12 

Lace  Trimming,  in  pieces   III.,  15 

Laces,  W  ash   I.,  Bet.  10  and  12 

Laces,  Wash  Blonde  I.,  Bet.  10-12 


183 


La.e  Ties  and  Fichus  l"l&h*Z 

Lactppeptmc   .7.7.7.  .Ba*  Rem 

Ladders    r  . 

Ladies'  Cloths  i   '  * 

Ladies'  Furnishing  Goods   rT"pMter"iwI  tit 

Ladies'  Parlor  and  Toilet  II..  Center,  igM* 

Lad'es   .....    Bas  Ktar 

Lady  FiPger  1  ans     t     l8th  st- 

Lait  de  Iris  .        •  •  •       •   n  2J 

Lambrequins,  Satin  taced   IV/.V.'.Vfcfc  Front 

Lamps,  all  kinds   •  •  •  •  •  •  •   sidc 

Lamps   alcohol    .......Bas.  Front 

Lamp  Chimneys   ••  |m.  Kear 

US?  &oS,-aii  kind-s  :::::::::::::::::  B^Fro* 

Lamp  lrimmers   | '. I  Bm.  Front 

Lamp  Wicks     18th  st. 

Lanohne     1{as  Rear 

Lanterns    jj  ,u 

Lanterns,  Magic   .'.'.'.lias'.  Hear 

Lap    Boards    1 1  38 

Lap  Robes    j 

I  ap  Tablets   .'.'.'.'. IV.!  "iVth*  sL 

Lard   Has.  Kear 

Larding  Needles     Bas  Reaf 

Lard  Presses    .     l8th  sL 

Laudanum    j  ,j 

Laundry  •••••••  y/  -  [ '  Q^nUt 

Laundry  Baskets    T  |6 

Laundry  Wax   j,^'  Rear 

Lawn  Mowers   .'.'.'.'.'.'.Bas.'  Rear 

Lawn  Rollers    j  ^ 

Vawns  i~: .'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.*.'. '.'.'if' 

Lawn  Seats    IV  Front 

Lawn  Seed   IV  Front 

Lawn  Fertilizers    Ras  Kear 

Layer  Cake  Pans   .'.'.'.'.Bas.  Rear 

Lead  Pots    jjj  t* 

Leather  Buttons   j-fij  J2 

Leather  Gimp  j 

Leather  Goods   j'j  j  tj 

Leather  Xails   •  ;   t*  _ 

Leather  Leggings,  Boys   Tl"  to 

Leggings,  Hunting,  etc.  n"  £ 

Leggings,  Infants'  Worsted  Drawer   «I 

184 


Leggings,  Ladies'   II.,  32 

Leggings,  Ladies'  and  Children's  Jersey  II.,  15 

Leggings,  Ladies'  and  Children's  Worsted  II.,  15 

Lemon  Cake  Pans   Bas.  Center 

Lemon  Extractors   Bas.  Rear 

Lemon  Peel   IV7.,  12 

Lemon  Squeezers   Bas.  Rear 

Lemons   IV*,  11 

Lemonade   I.,  Center 

Lemonade  Straws   Bas.  Center 

Letter-box  Plates   Bas.  Rear 

Letter  Cases   I.,  16 

Letter  Clips   L,  29 

Letter  Copying  Books   L,  29 

Letter  Files   L,  29 

Letter  Holders   I.,  2 

Letter  Openers   L,  2 

Letter  Presses   I.,  29 

Letter  Racks   Bas.  Front 

Letter  Scales   I.,  29 

Letter  Stencils   Bas.  Rear 

Letter  Trays   I..  29 

Levels  of  Wood  and  iron  Bas.  Rear 

Library  Chairs   III. 

Library  Desks   III. 

Library  Steps   Bas.  Rear 

Library  Tables   III. 

Licorice   I.,  18th  st. 

Licorice  Root   L,  18th  st. 

Licorice  Stick   L,  15 

Lignomur   III.,  2,  4,  6 

Lily  Bulbs   IV.,  Front 

Lincrusta  Walton   III.,  2,  4,  6 

Lined   Baskets   Bas.  Center 

Linens   I.,  28 

Linen  Floss   II.,  25 

Linen  Fringe   II.,  27 

Linen   >  III.,  15 

Linings   I.,  26 

Links  and  Link  Buttons   I.,  2 

Linoleum   III.,  11 

Linoleum  Mats   III.,  11 

Lint   I.,  !8th  st. 

Lip  Salve   L,  18th  st. 

Liqueurs  and  Cordials   IV.,  18th  st. 

Liquid  Rouge   II..  12 

Liquor  Cocks  Bas..  ^ear 


185 


Liquor  diggers   Baa.  Rear 

Liquor  Mixers   B*».  Hear 

Liquor  Shakers   Has.  Rear- 
Liquors   v  ,  V'  y 

Lloyd's  Euxesis   L,  iRtn  st. 

Loading  Sets   J  J  •  & 

Loaded  Shells   .....II.,  36 

Lobsters   IN  .  '9th  st. 

Lobster,  canned   IV.,  9 

Lockets   •  !  •  2 

Looking  Glasses   Bas.  Center 

Loops   •  I-.  14 

Lorgnettes  and  Chains   2  a?d  4 

Lost  and  Found  Office    I-,  Bal..  19th  st. 

Loving  Cups   Li  4,  Bas.  Front 

Lunch  Baskets   Bas.  Center 

Lunch  Boxes   Bas.  Center 

Lunar  Caustic   •  • 1  •  l8^h  st- 

Lycopodium  Moss   VI  I.,  Cons. 

Lve   lYjt 

Macaroni  WWV  • ft  13 

Macaws   -IN-.  Men. 

Mackintoshes,  Boys'  L,  26,  28,  30 

Mackintoshes,  Ladies',  Misses',  and  Children  s...  II..  16 

Mackintoshes,  Men's   J-v  m,  A  3" 

Madeira  Wines   IN.,  18th  st. 

Magazines  and  Periodicals  of  all  kinds   I.,  29 

Magnifying  Giasscs   ■  ••  •  6 

Magpies   IV  ..  Men. 

Maids'  Caps  »]  -  '3 

Mail  Bags   16 

Mailing  Envelopes   Wt     '  2\ 

Mail  Order  Department   I\TT34'3 

Main  Office   S"zSi§  2 

Make-up  Boxes   st- 

Make-up  Boxes.  Theatrical   ......II.,  32 

Malaga  Wines   IN      .8th  st. 

Mallets   Bas.  Rear 

Maltese  Cats  and  Terriers  -;IV„  Men. 

Malt  Extracts   IN  •.  ««n  st- 

Manicure  Cases  •  **r'  12 

Manicure  Files   1  •  l8*h  st- 

Manicure  Parlor   •  V  o  C  5? 

Manicure  Scissors   L.  2,  and  18th  st 

Manicure   Sets   I-   2   a™   L>  16 

Manicure  Trays   Bas-  ^ront 

Mantel  Folding  Beds   

1*6 


Mantels.   Cabinets   III. 

Mantles  for  any  Burner   Bas.  Rear 

Maple  Syrup   IV.,  12 

Marbles   II.,  35 

Marble  Pedestals   Bas.  Front 

Marble  Statuary   Bas.  Front 

Market  Baskets   Bas.  Center 

Marking   Brushes   Bas.  Center 

Marking  Ink   I.,  29 

Marmalade   IV.,  5 

Marmalade  Dishes   I.,  4 

Marmalade  Jars   Bas.  Front 

Marzipan   I.,  15 

Masks.  Theatrical   II..  32 

Maslin  Pres.  Kettles   Bas.  Rear 

Masonic  and  Other  Lodge  Pins  I.,  2 

?\Iatch  Boxes   Bas.  Center  and  I.,  2 

Matches   IV.,  8-10 

Match  Safes   I.,  2,  and  Bas.  Center 

Match    Scratchers   Bas.  Center 

Match  Stands   Bas.  Center 

Mats.  Brush   III. 

Mats.  Rubber   III.  and  Bas.  Rear 

Mats,  W  ire   Bas.  Rear 

Matting  of  all  kinds   III..  11 

Mattresses   III. 

Matzoon   I.,  Center 

Measures  of  all  kinds   Bas.  Rear 

Measuring  Taoes   Bas.  Rear  and  I.,  16 

Meats,  Canned  IV.,  ig 

Meat  Boards   Bas.  Rear 

Meat  Choppers   Bas.  Rear 

Meat  Covers   I.,  4 

Meat  Dishes   Bas.  Front 

Meat  Dish  Covers   Bas.  Rear 

Meats.  Fresh   IV.,  17.  19,  21 

Meat  Pies  IV.,  11 

Meat  Racks   Bas.  Rear 

Meat  Safes   Bas.  Rear 

Meats.  Smoked   IV.,  19th  st. 

Medical  Batteries   Bas.  Center 

Medicine  Cabinets   III. 

Medicine  Cases   I.,  if 

Medicine  Droppers   I.,  18th  st. 

Medicine  Spoons  I.,  4,  and  I.,  18th  st. 

Melon  Molds   Bas.  Reai 


187 


Memorandum  Bookl   't**  2 

Memorandum   Pads   Y\Y  \2% 

Menagerie   il     '  u 

Mending  Plates   i  ,*th**t 

Menthol  Pencils   ,8t.h  st 

Menu  Cards   .....1..  29 

Men's  Clothing   1  • 

Men's   Furnishings   ■  1  •  ? 

Men's  Overalls   l-»  J2*^"^ 

Men's  Shirts   ' 

Men's  Shoes   1  «J 

Men's  Underwear   '•• 

Merchant  Tailoring   t^""i; Vt jtv 

Metal  Polish   Bas.  Rear.  II..  40,  and  [V..  8-10 

Metronomes   3£ 

Metropolitan  Catalogue  of  Fashion   •  •  •  •'  •  j« 

Mica  Chimneys  for  Lamps   «as  ,<ear. 

Microscopes   •  1**1* ,x 

Military  Brushes  -I-  4  and  16 

Military  Caps,  Boys*   27- ■  -9-  3 

Milk.  Condensed   wLl  rJlJi 

Milk  Po.lers   JJas.  Center 

Milk-can   Holders   J?3  •   £f«  " 

Mijk  Kettle.   C  "n 

Milk  Pans    TT 

Millinery    fl  < 

Millinerv.    Mourning   tt     «  ,1 

Millinery  Novelties   1 1  -  r« 

Mincemeat   4V "    i£  „* 

Mincing  Knives   Br  (>nter 

Mineral  Waters   TV   '  ,8th  st 

Mineral  Waters   IVj<  Jg  £ 

SS«fc»»id:  Gal- 
Miniature  Portraits  on  Dials   VII.,  Photo.  C,a L 

Miniature  Portraits  on  Ivory   VII.,  Photo.  GaL 

Miniature  Portraits  on  Porcelain   .VII.,  Photo.  (,a  . 

Miniature  Portraits  on  Watch  Cases   VII.,  Photo.  Gal. 

Miniatures.  Hand-painted  _ 

Minnow  Buckets   TV  Men 

Minnows    j  2 

Mirrors    t'tt 

Mirrors.  aU  sizes   ,  i 

Mirror-.  Magnifying   I*-1  ' 

Misses'  Corset  Covers   "  ••  3 

Misses'  and  Children's  Drawers   ll-  «3 

188 


Misses'  Gowns   II.,  13 

Misses'  Skirts   II.,  13 

Miter  Boxes   Bas.  Rear 

Mittens   I.,  6-8 

Mittens,  Worsted  and  Silk   II.,  13 

Mixers   Bas.  Rear 

Mixing   Bowls   Bas.  Front 

Mocking  Birds   IV..  Men. 

Molasses   IV..  12 

Molasses  Gaugers  Bas.  Rear 

Money  Belts   II..  36 

Money  Order  Office  (Adams  Exp.)  I.,  Bal. 

Monkeys   IV.,  Men. 

Monograms   I.,  29 

Mop  Cloths   Bas.  Rear 

Mop  Handles   Bas.  Rear 

Mop  Pails   Bas.  Rear 

Mop  W  ringers   Bas.  Rear 

Moquettes   III.,  17 

Morris   Chairs  and   Rockers   III. 

Mortar  Pedestals   Bas.  Rear 

Mortise  Gauges   '.  Bas.  Rear 

Moselle  Wines  IV.,  18th  st 

Mosquito  Netting  I.,  28 

Moss.  Green  and  Packing  ,  VII.,  Cons. 

Moth  Bags   Bas.  Rear 

Mourning  Flowers   II.,  9-11 

Mourning  Hat-hands  I.,  27,  29,  31 

Mourning    Millinery   II.,  5 

Mourning  Veils   I.,  Bet.  10-12 

Mouse  Traps   Bas.  Rear 

Mucilage   I.,  29,  and  II.,  23 

Mucilage  Bottles   I.,  2 

Muddlers   Bas.  Rear 

Mufflers   I.,   Bet.   Center  Elevators 

Muffin  Cake  Pans   Bas.  Center 

Muffin  Cups   •:  Bas.  Center 

Muffin  Pans   Bas.  Center 

Muscatel  Wines   IV.,  18th  st. 

Mushrooms,  Canned   IV.,  9 

Mushrooms.  Fresh   IV.,  11 

Mushroom  Spawn   VII.,  Cons. 

Musical  Instruments   II.,  35 

Music  Books   II.,  35 

Music  Boxes   II.,  35 

Music  Instruction  Books   II.,  35 


189 


Music  Rack  Baskets   Bas.  Cent' r 

Music   Koils     I..  M 

Music  in  Sheets   35 

Biasic  Stands   35 

Mu3ic   String*   35 

Muslim   l'i  * 

Muslin  of  all  kinds   UL.  26-28 

Muslin    Cnderwear   Hi  '5 

Mustache  Combs   2  and  4 

Mustaches.   Theatrical   U  •  3- 

Mustard  Cups   I.»  4  and  Bas.  Frottt 

Mustards  ,   n'      ii'  7 

Mustard  Spoons   I..  2,  and  Baa.  VLcm 

Mvcrs's  Liquid  Cream   Bas.  Rciir 

Nail  l'.oxes   Kas.  Hear 

Nail   Brushes  I.,  2-4,  18th  st.,  and  Bas,.  Rear 

Nail    Cutters   ;M;i  >2 

Nail  Files  L.  2,   t.j  '8th  st-.  and  12 

Vail  Polishers  I.,  2,  and  18th  st.,  and  II.,  12 

Nail  Powders  lu  18th  st.,  and  II.,  12 

Nail  Scissors  I-  18th  st.  and  I.,  4 

Napkins   •  ••••  •}■-  28 

Napkin  Rings  I.,  2,  4,  and  Bas.  Center 

Nasal  Douches  I-.  18th  st. 

Neck    Chains   •  ■•■}• »  2 

Necklaces   I-  2.  and  II.,  32 

Neckwear,  Boys'.  Four-in-hands  and  Tecks  I.,  9 

Neckwear,   Ladies'  ....I.,  12-14 

Neckwear,  Men's,  of  all  kinds   L,  9  and  11 

Needles   {"ll 

Needles,  Hypodermic   *•«  ,8Jh  8tl 

Needlework   U-  * 

Negliges,   Silk  ,',       ii  '5 

Nests  of  Boxes   ,  '-as.  Rear 

Nets  and  Veilings  ••••  Vt10'1^ 

Nettings   UI-,  15,  and  L,  25 

New  Year  Cards   ••  29 

Nickel  C.oods   Ba*-  <-e"{*r 

Night  Commodes   ir 

Night  Drawers   Tr 

Night  Dresses   •••  *$ 

Night  Latches    Bas  ,Rear 

Night  Lights   U  18th  st. 

Night  Robes,  Men's   ]T-  11 

Night  Robes  and  Pajamas,  Boys'  •  9 

Nippers   Bas.  Rear 

190 


Nipples  L,  iSth  st. 

Nipple  Shields   I.,  18th  st. 

Noodle  Cutters   lias.  Center 

Nottingham  Bed  Sets,  Plain  and  Embroidered  III.,  15 

Nottingham  Lace  Curtains  III.,  15 

Notary  Public   III.,  29 

Notes,  Forms  of   L,  29 

Notions   I.,  16-18 

Nozzles   Bas.  Rear 

Nursery   II.,  Center,  1 8th  st. 

Nursery   Rockers   III. 

Nursing  Bottles  I.,  iSth  st. 

Nut  Bowls   I.,  4 

Nut  Bowls.  Plated   I.,  4 

Nut   Crackers   2 

Nutmegs   IV.,  15 

Nutmeg  Graters   Bas.  Rear 

Nut  Picks   I.,  2  and  4 

Nuts   IV.,  12 

Oakley's  Perfumes   I.,  iSth  st. 

Oatmeal   IV.,  13 

Oatmeal    Bowls   Bas.  Front 

Oatmeal  Sets   I.,  4 

Observatory   VII.,  Take  6th  ave.  Elevators 

Odometers   II.,  40 

Office  Baskets   Bas.  Center 

Office   Chairs   III. 

Office  Coats,  Bath  Robes,  Men's  Jersey   I.,  11 

Office  Coats   I.,  26-28-30 

Office  Desks   III. 

Offices  Siegel-Cooper  Co  III.,  29 

Oil  Cans   Bas.  Rear 

Oil   Cloths   III.,  11 

Oil  Cloth  Binding   Bas.  Rear 

Oil  Cloth  Mats   III.,  11 

Oil    Cloths   III.,  17 

Oil  Colors  (in  tubes),  Artists'   II.,  23 

Oilers   .*   Bas.  Rear 

Oil  Lamps   Bas.  Front 

Oils,  Artists'   II.,  23 

Oil    Paintings   II.,  26-28-30 

Oil  Paintings  Cleaned  and  Restored   II.,  26 

Oil  Stoves   Bas.  Rear 

Oleander  Boxes   Bas.  Rear 

Olive  Forks   I.,  4 

Olive  Jars   Bas.  Center 


191 


Olive  Oils   L,  18th  st.,  and  IV.,  7 

Olives   IV.,  7 

Olive  Spoons   I.,  2  and  4 

Olive  Trays   Bas.  Front 

Omelet  Dishes   lias.  Center 

Omelet  J'ans   Bas.  Center 

Onyx  Pedestals  and  Tables   Bas.  Front 

Opera  Classes   I.,  6 

Opera  Class  Hags   I.,  14 

Opera  Class   Holders   I.,  6 

Opera  Hats,  Men's   I.,  27-29-31 

Optical  (ioods   I.,  6 

Orange  Petl   IV.,  12 

Oranges   IV.,  11 

Orange  Spoons   I..  2  and  4 

Orange  Wood  Sticks  1.,  18th  st.,  and  II.,  12 

Orchids   VII.,  Cons. 

Organdies  I.,  26 

Ornamental  Shrubs   *.  VII.,  Cons. 

Ornaments,  Jet   II.,  9-11 

Ostrich   Feathers   II.,  9-11 

Otto  of  Roses  I.,  18th  st. 

Outfits,   Infants'  and  Children's  II.,  13 

Outfits,  for  Infants   II.,  13 

Oval  Paint  Brushes   Bas.  Center 

Oval  Plates   Bas.  Center 

Oven   Pots   Bas.  Rear 

Oven   Scrapers   Bas.  Rear 

Overcoats,   Boys'   I.,  26-28-30 

Overcoats,   Men's   I.,  26-28-30 

Oxalic  Acid   I.,  18th  st. 

Oyster   Blocks   Bas.  Rear 

Oyster  Bowls   Bas.  Front 

Oyster  Dishes   Bas.  Front 

Oyster  Forks   I.,  2  and  4 

Oyster  Ladles  I.,  4 

Oyster   Pans   Bas.  Rear 

Oyster  Plates   Bas.  Front 

Oysters,   Canned   IV.,  9 

Oysters,  Fresh,  in  Season  IV.,  19th  st. 

Package  and  Parcel  Room,  Free  I.,  Bal.,  19th  st. 

Packages  Checked   I.,  Bal. 

Pads,  Correspondence  and  Memorandum  I.,  29 

Pails  of  all  kinds   Bas.  Rear 

Painkiller  I.,  18th  st. 

Paint  Boxes,  Artists'   II.,  23 


192 


Paints,  House   Bas.  Center 

Paints,    Mixed   Bas.  Center 

Painters'   Dusters   Bas.  Center 

Painters'  Overalls   I.,  26-2S-30 

Pajamas,  Boys'   I.,  9 

Pajamas,  Men's   I.,  11 

Palettes,  Artists'   II.,  23 

Palms   \  II.,  Cons. 

Pampas  Grass  Plumes   VII.,  Cons. 

Pancake    Servers  I.,  4 

Panel  Gauges   Bas.  Rear 

Panels,  Artists'   II.,  23 

Pans  of  all  kinds   Bas.  Rear 

Pantasote   III..  17 

Pantry  Steps   Bas.  Rear 

Pants,  Boys'  Knee,  and  Long   I.,  26-28-30 

Paper  Baskets  Bas.  Center 

Paper  Boxes   Bas.  Rear 

Paper  Clips   Bas.  Rear 

Paper  Cutters   I.,  2  and  29 

Paper  Dress  Patterns  I.,   iSth  st.  Entrance 

Paper  Fasteners   I.,  29 

Paper  Fayard   I.,  18th  st. 

Paper  Files   Bas.  Rear  and  I..  2 

Paper  Flower  Supplies   I.,  29 

Paper  Napkins  Bas.  Center 

Paperhangers'  Overalls   I.,  26-28-30 

Paper  Shears   Bas.  Rear 

Paper,    Wall   III. 

Paper  W  eights   Bas.  Rear.  I.,  2,  and  I.,  29 

Paper,  W  riting   I.,  29 

Papier-mache  Goods   Bas.  Center 

Parasols   I..  6 

Parcels  Checked   I.,  Bal. 

Paregoric   I.,  18th  st. 

Parlor  Cabinets   III. 

Parlor  Desks   III. 

Parlor  Suits   ;  III. 

Parlor  Tables  III. 

Parrakeets   IV.,  Men. 

Parrots   IV.,  Men. 

Paste,  Adhesive   I.,  29 

Pastels,  Artists'   II.,  23 

Pastry  Boards   Bas.  Rear 

Pastry  W  heels   Bas.  Rear 

Patent  Medicines  of  all  kinds  I.,   >8th  st. 


193 


Patterns  l„   18th  st.  Kniranc 

Patterns,  Renaissance   II.,  23 

Patty  Pans   Bas.  Rear 

Peacli  Brandy   IV.,  18th  st. 

Peaches,  Canned   IV.,  21 

Peaches,  Fresh,  in  season  IV.,  11 

Pea  Jackets,  Men's   I.,  26-28-30 

Pears   IV.,  11 

Pears'  Soap  I.,  10 

Pedestals   III. 

Pedestals  for  Jardinieres   Bas.  Front 

Pen   Brackets   lias.  Rear 

Pencils   I.,  2  and  29 

Pencils.  Artists'   II.,  23 

Pencil  Boxes   I.,  29 

Pencil  Holders  Bas.  Rear  and  I.,  29 

Pencil  or  Pen  Racks   I.,  2 

Penholders   I.,  29 

Pens,  Pearl   I.,  2 

Penknives   I.,  4 

Pen  Racks   I  ,  29 

Pen  Points   I.,  2 

Pens,  all  kinds   I.,  29 

Pen  Winers   I.,  2.  and  I..  29 

Pepper  Grinders   I.,  4,  and  Bas.  Center 

Peppers   IV.,  7 

Pepper  and  Salt  Casters   I.,  4 

Peppers  and  Salts,  Individual  I..  4,  and  Bas.  Front 

Perennial  Plants   VII.',  Cons. 

Percolaters   Bas.  Rear 

Perfect  ion  Roasters   Bas.  Rear 

Perforated  Cake  Pans   Bas.  Rear 

Perforated   Teaspoons  I.,  4 

Perfumes  of  all  kinds  I.,  18th  st. 

Periodicals   I.,  31 

Pessaries   I..  18th  st. 

Pet  Animals  IV.,  Men. 

Peterman's   Discovery   Bas.  Rear 

Peterman's  Roach  Food   Bas.  Rear 

Petit  Pois.  Canned   IV.,  9 

Phenacetine   I.,  18th  st. 

Photographs   II.,  26-28-30 

Photograph  Gallery   VII.,  Photo  Gallery 

Photograph  Albums   I.,  14.  and  IT.,  23 

Photograph  Boxes   I.,  16 

Photo  Frames  I.,  2,  and  I.,  14 


194 


Photo  Frames,  Artists'   II.,  23 

Photo  Holders,  Artists'   II.,  23 

Photographers'  Supplies   II.,  21 

Photographic  Views  of  Residences  VII.,  Photo  Gallery 

Photo  Wire  Racks  I.,  29,  and  Bas.  Center 

Physician   II.,  Center,  18th  st. 

Piano   Covers   III. 

Piano  Tuning   II.,  35 

Pickle  Casters  I.,  4,  and  Bas.  Rear 

Pickle  Forks   I.,  2  and  4 

Pickles,  Imported  and  Domestic   IV.,  7 

Pickle  Trays   Bas.  Front 

Pictures  and  Frames   II.,  26-28-30 

Pictures  Framed  to  Order   II.,  26 

Picture  Mats  to  Order   II.,  26 

Picture  Nails   Bas.  Rear 

Piece  Goods  (woolens)   I.,  32 

Pie  Forks   I.,  4 

Pie  Knives   I.,  2  and  4 

Pie  Plates   I.,  4,  and  Bas.  Center 

Pie  Racks   Bas.  Rear 

Pie  Rollers   Bas.  Rear 

Pier   Mirrors   III. 

Pies.  Meat   IV.,  11 

Pillow  and  Bolster  Cases  III.,  and  I.,  26 

PUllows   II.,  25,  and  I.,  28 

Pillow  Shams   II.,  15 

Pinaud's  Eau  de  Quinine  II.,  12,  and  I.,  18th  st.  side 

Pinaud's  Vegetal   II.,  12 

Pins  I.,  16 

Pins,  Baby   I.,  2 

Pinchers   Bas.  Rear 

Pin   Curls   II.,  12 

Pincushions  I.,  2,  and  II.,  25-27,  I.,  16 

Pincushions.   Trimmed   II..  25 

Pinking  Irons   Bas.  Rear 

Pin  Trays   Bas.  Front,  I.,  2  and  4 

Pipes   *.'  I.,  40 

Pipe  Cleaners   I.,  40 

Pipes,  German   I.,  40 

Pipe  Racks   I.,  40 

Pipes.  Turkish   I.,  40 

Plaiting  Machines   Bas.  Rear  »nd  I.,  16 

Planes   Bas.  Rear 

Plants  of  all  kinds   VII.,  Cons. 

Plant  Food   VII.,  Cons. 


195 


Plant  Food,  Odorless   VII.,  Cons. 

l'lant   Labels   VII.,  Cons. 

Plant  Sprinklers   Has.  Rear  and  L,  18th  st. 

Plant  Stakes   VII.,  Cons. 

Plant  Stands   VII.,  Cons. 

Plant  Trays   VII.,  Cons. 

Placques,   Artists'  IP.  23 

Plaque  Hangers   Pas.  Rear 

Plaster,  Adhesive   L,  18th  st. 

Plaster.  Belladonna   [«  ifth  st. 

Plate  Handles   Pas.  Rear 

Plates  of  all  kinds  Bas.  Front 

Plates,  Dental   I.,  Hal. 

Plates,  Photographic   IP.  -3 

Plated  Goods   I..  4 

Plating  Outfits  Pas.  Center 

Playing  Cards   P.  29,  and  IP,  34 

Plavthings   II.,  29-39 

Pliers   Bas.  Rear 

Plug  Tobacco   I»,  40 

Plumb   Bob*   Ras.  Rear 

Plum  Pudding,  Canned   IV.,  19 

Plum  Pudding  Sauce.  Canned   IN'-,  19 

Plush,  of  all  kinds   III.,  15 

Plush    Palls   II..  27 

Pocketbooks   1,2  and  14 

Pocket  Combs   P,  18th  st. 

Point  d' Esprit,  Pieces   IIP.  «5 

Poker  Chips   P,  29,  and  IP,  34 

Pole  Brackets   ....IIP,  17 

Pole  Ends   Pas.  Rear 

Pole  Rings   Bas.  Rear 

Pole  Sockets   Bas.  Rear 

Pole  Sockets   III.,  17 

Polish   IV.,  8-10 

Polish  Floor  Stain   Bas.  Pear 

Polo  Caps,  Boys'   P.  27-29-31 

Pompadour  Combs   P,  2,  and  I.,  16 

Pompadours   IP,  12 

Pool    Palls   IP,  34 

Porcelain  for  Decorating,  Artists'   IP,  23 

Porch   Screens   IIP,  17 

Porous  Plaster   I.,  18th  st. 

Portfolios.  Artists'   IP,  23 

Portfolios   P,  29 

Portieres  of  all  kinds   III.,  *9 

196 


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SIXTH  AVE, 


Portrait  Frames   VII.,  Photo  Gallery- 
Portraits  Enlarged   VII.,  Photo  Gallery 

Port  Wines   IV.,  18th  st. 

Postage  Stamps   I.,  15,  19th  st. 

Postal  Cards  L,  15,  19th  st. 

Postoffice  Sub-station   L,  15,  19th  st. 

Potato  Chippers  Bas.  Center 

Potato  Friers   Bas.  Center 

Potato  Mashers   Bas.  Rear 

Potato  Slicers   Bas.  Center 

Pot  Chains   Bas.  Rear 

Pot  Covers   Bas.  Rear 

Potting  Soil   VII.,  Cons. 

Pots  for  Flowers   VII.,  Cons. 

Poultry   IV.,  17-19-21 

Poultry  Netting   Bas.  Rear 

Powder,  Rose  Ackerman  Block   II.,  12 

Powder  Blowers   I.,  18th  st. 

Powder  Boxes   I..  2  and  4,  and  18th  st. 

Powder  Puffs  I.,  4,  and  II.,  12,  and  18th  st. 

Powder  Shaker   I.,  2 

Powdered  Sugar  Spoons   I.,  4 

Power  Dynamos,  Electric  Bas.  Center 

Prayer  Beads   1.,  31 

Prayer  Books   I.,  31 

Prescriptions   I.,   18th  st. 

Preserving  Jars    Bas.  Front 

Preserving    Kettles   Bas.  Center 

Press  Boards   Bas.  Rear 

Primers   II.,  36 

Printing   I.,  29 

Printing  Frames,  Photo   II.,  23 

Probangs   I.,  18th  st. 

Pudding   Molds   Bas.  Center 

Pudding  Pans   Bas.  Center 

Pudding   Sets   Bas.  Front 

Puffs   I..  18th  st. 

Puff  Boxes   :.  I.,  4,  and  18th  st. 

Pug  Dogs   IV.,  Men. 

Pulls   Bas.  Rear 

Pulleys   Bas.  Rear 

Pumice  Stone   I..  18th  st. 

Punchers   Bas.  Rear 

Punches   IV.,  18th  st. 

Punching  Bags   II.,  34 

Fundi  Bowls  Bas.  Front 


197 


Punch  Ladles,  Plate   I  .  2 

Purses   „■■■  [,'  4 

Push  Buttons   »as-  l<ear 

"  Push  "  and  "  Pull  "  Plates   Bas.  Rear 

Putty  Knives   Has.  Bear 

Putt  Pomade   Has.  Hear 

Puzzles   ILi  2939 

Quill  Lettering  Brushes  Bas.  Center 

Ouills   ".,  9  »i 

Quilting  Frames   Bas.  Hear 

Quilts   III.,  Front 

Quinine   T-»  ,8th  st- 

Ouinine  Capsules   '•>  '8th  st. 

Quinine  Pills   L,  18th  st. 

Quinine  Powderi   L«  18th  st. 

Rabbits,   Live   IV.,  Men. 

Rabbits'    Feet   I«,  2 

Rabbits'  Feet  Bracelets   •  I.,  2 

Radiator  Brushes   Bas.  Rear 

Raisins   i"4Y»  12 

Raisin  Seeders   Bas.  Hear 

Rattan  Furniture   JLT. 

Rakes   B»s-  1<ear 

Ranges   Bas.  Rear 

Razors,  of  all  kinds  and  makes  L,  4 

Razor  Hones   !•«  4 

Razors,  Safety  r*«  4 

Razor  Strops,  Swing  Strops,  and  Combination  Strops  L,  4 

Reading  Classes   !•»  6 

Reading  Room   IP,  Center,  18th  st. 

Ready-made  Frames   II.,  26-28-30 

Receipts,  Forms  of   !•«  29 

Reception  Cards    Vr? 

Reclining  Chairs   LTI. 

Reels   38 

Reed   Furniture   LTI. 

Reefers,   Boys'   L,  26-28-30 

Reefers,  Men's   L.  26-28-30 

Refreshments   Bas.  Front,  18th  st.  side 

Refrigerators   Bas.  Rear 

Refrigerator  Brushes   Bas.  Rear 

Refrigerator  Pans   Bas.  Rear 

Reins   U-'.  40 

Relishes   TV.,  7 

Renaissance  Bed  Sets   ITT.,  17 

Renaissance  Braid   II-.  25 


198 


Rent  Receipt  Forms   L,  29 

Restaurant   Bas.,  18th  St.,  Front 

Revolvers   II.,  36 

Rheostats   Bas.  Center 

Rhinestone  Goods   I.,  2 

Rhinestone  Ornaments   II.,  9-11 

Rhine  Wine   IV.,  18th  st. 

Ribbons   I..  8 

Ribbon  Chains   I.,  2 

Rice  Boilers   Bas.  Center 

Rice   Molds   Bas.  Center 

Rice  Powder   I.,  18th  st. 

Rifles   II.,  3-6 

Rim  Door  Locks   Bas.  Rear 

Rings  of  all  kinds   I.,  2 

Rings,  Xapkin   I.,  4,  and  Bas.  Center 

Ring  Stands   I.,  4 

Rivet  and  Nail  Sets   Bas.  Rear 

Roast  Beef   IV.,  11 

Robins,  Japanese  IV.,  Men. 

Rochelle  Salts   I.,  18th  st. 

Rockers    III. 

Roll  Books   :  I.,  29 

Roller  Skates   II.,  34 

Rolling  Pins   Bas.  Rear 

Rolls   IV.,  23 

Roll  Sulphur   I..  18th  st. 

Roll  Trays   Bas.  Front 

Roman  Punch   I.,  Center 

Roof  Brushes   Bas.  Center 

Room  Moldings   II.,  26 

Roots,  Flowering  and  Vegetables   VII.,  Cons. 

Rosaline   II.,  12 

Rosaries   I..  31 

Rose  Bowls   Bas.  Front 

Rose  Jars   Bas.  Front 

Rose  Plants  and  Bushes   VII.,  Cons. 

Rouge  Paws   '.  I.,  18th  st. 

Round  Boilers  Bas.  Rear 

Round  Paint  Brushes   Bas.  Center 

Royal  Roasters   Bas.  Rear 

Rowing  Machines   II.,  34 

Rowing  Shirts   II.,  32 

Rubber  Bands   I.,  29 

Rubber  Bladders   II..  34 

Rubber  Cement   ,  Bas.  Rear 


199 


Rubber  Clothing,  Ladies'   II.,  «6 

Rubber  Clothing.  Men's   I.,  26-28-30 

Rubber  Coats,  Boys'   I.,  26-28-30 

Rubber  Diapers   II-.  >3 

Rubber  Force  Cups   Has.  Rear 

Rubber  Gloves  Bas.  Rear  and  I.,  18th  st.  side 

Rubber  Hats   I-.  27-29-31 

Rubber  Hat  Covers   L,  27-29-31 

Rubber  Horse  Covers   II-.  4^ 

Rubber  Mats   Bas.  Rear 

Rubber  Mouth  Pieces   II-.  34 

Rubber  Syringes  I-,  18th  st.  side 

Rubber  Garments,  Ladies'  and  Misses'  IL,  16 

Rubber  Ren  and  Pencil  Erasers   L,  29 

Rubber  Overshoes   '•>  -5 

Rubber  Plants   VII.,  Cons. 

Rubber  Sanitary  Sheeting  L,  26,  and  L,  18th  st. 

Rubber  Stamps   I.»  20 

Ruby  Spaniels   IV.,  Men. 

Rubber  Tubing   Bas.  Rear 

Ruchings,  Ladies'   L,  Bet.  12-14 

Ruffling  by  the  yard  II  L,  15,  I.,  12 

Rugs,  Fur   ....IL,  1-3 

Rugs   HI-.  9-1113 

Rug  Fringe   III.,  15 

Rulers   ••  29 

Rules   Bas.  Rear 

Rum   IV.,  18th  st. 

Rumkorf  Spark  Coils  Bas.  Center 

Running  Pants   ....IL,  32 

Russia  Iron  Drip  Pans   Bas.  Rear 

Rustic  Hanging  Baskets   NIL.  Cons. 

Rustic  Seats   

Sachet  Powder   8*"  st- 

Sacques,   Silk   Dressing   II-.  '5 

Sacques.  Flannel  and  Cashmere   ••  •  -H-.  '3 

Saddle  Punches   Bas  Rear 

Saddles   ii""a  40 

Sad   Irons   Bas.  Rear 

Sad  Iron  Heaters   Bas.  Rear 

Sad  Iron  Stands   Bas.  Rear 

Safes   Bas.  Rear 

Safety  Belts   IL,  Rear  of  Center  Stair. 

Safety  Pins   16 

Salad  Bowls   Bas.  Front 

Salad  Forks   I-.  4 


Salad  Sets   L,  a,  and  Bas.  Rear 

Salmon,  Fresh   IV.,  5 

Salmon,   Canned   IV.,  9 

Saloon   Tables   III. 

Salt   IV..  7 

Salt  Boxes  Bas.  Rear 

Salts,  Individual   1.,  4,  and  Bas.  Front 

Salt   Forks   I.,  2 

Salt  Sets   Bas.  Rear 

Salt  Spoons   L,  2 

Salted  Almonds   L,  15 

Salted  Peanuts   I..  15 

Salve  Boxes   I.,  4 

Salve  Jars   I.,  2 

Sandpaper   Bas.  Rear 

Sandwich  Tongs   L,  4 

Santa  Claus's  Office  (In  Season)  I.,  Bal. 

Saratoga  Chippers   Bas.  Rear 

Sardines   IV.,  9 

Sardine  Forks   I.,  4 

Sardine  Tongs   I.,  4 

Sarsaparilla   IV.,   18th  st. 

Sash  Cord   Bas.  Rear 

Sash  Fasts   Bas.  Rear 

Sash  Lifts   Bas.  Rear 

Sash  Ribbons   I.,  8 

Sash  Roller  Brackets   Bas.  Rear 

Sash  Tools   Bas.  Rear 

Sateens  III.,  15,  and  I.,  26.  I.,  5 

Satins   I.,  19th  st. 

Sauces   IV.,  7 

Sauce  Pans   Bas.  Center 

Sauce  Pots   Bas.  Center 

Sauce,  Plum  Pudding,  Canned   IV.,  19 

Saucers,  Earthen  and  Fiber,  for  Plants  VII.,  Cons. 

Saucers  for  Plants,  Earthern   VII..  Cons. 

Sauterne  Wines  IV.,  18th  st. 

Saws   Bas.  Rear 

Saw  Sets   Bas.  Rear 

Saw  Screws   Bas.  Rear 

Scale  Rules,  Artists'   II.,  23 

Scales   Bas.  Rear  and  II.,  23 

Scallop  Patty  Pans   Bas.  Center 

Scarfs,   Linen   I.,  26 

Scarf    Pins   I.,  2 

Scarf  Pin  Outfits   Bas.  Center 


an 


Scholars'  Companions   L,  29 

School  Bags   I.t  29 

School  Room   VI.,  18th  st. 

School  Stationery   I.,  2Tj 

School  Straps   I.,  29 

School  Supplies   I.,  29 

Scissors  I.,  4,  and  II.,  40 

Scissors,  Embroidery   I.,  4 

Scoops   Bas.  Rear 

Scotch   Bowls   Bas.  Rear 

Scouring  Boards   Bas.  Rear 

Scrap-baskets   Bas.  Center 

Scrap-books   I.,  29 

Scrap  Pictures   I.,  29 

Scratch  Axes   Bas.  Rear 

Screen   Doors   Bas.  Rear 

Screen  Frames   III.,  17 

Screens   III.,  17 

Screens,  Wire   Bas.  Rear 

Screws  of  all  kinds   Bas.  Rear 

Screwdrivers   Bas.  Rear 

Screwdriver  Bits"  Bas.  Rear 

Screwdriver  Handles   Bas.  Rear 

Screwhooks   Bas.  Rear 

Scrim   III.,  15 

Scrub  Brushes   Bas.  Rear 

Sealing  Wax   I.,  29 

Seals   I.,  29 

Seamen's  Slicker  Hats   I.,  27-29-31 

Seats,  for   Lawns   II.,  34 

Seeds   IV.,  16 

Seeds,  all  kinds   IV.,  Front 

Seidlitz  Powders   I.,  18th  st. 

Seines   II.,  38 

Sen  Sen   I.,  15 

Sermon   Papers   I.,  29 

Serving  Trays   Bas.  Front 

Set   Furniture   I.,  2 

Settee  and  Ironing  Tables  Combined   III. 

Settees,  Lawn   I  J.,  34 

Sewing-machines   II.,  30,  32 

Sewing  Sets   I.,  2 

Sewing  Tables   III. 

Shade  Cord   III.,  17 

Shade  Fixtures   III.,  17 

Shade  Frir^e   III.,  17 

202 


Shade  Goods  by  Yard   III.,  17 

Shade  Line   III.,  17 

Shade  Rings   III.,  17 

Shade  Rollers   III.,  17 

Shade  Slats   III.,  17 

Shades  (Electric  Light)  Bas.  Center 

Shade    Trees   YIL,  Cons. 

Sham  Pillows   II.,  15 

Sharpening  Stone   Bas.  Rear 

Shaving  Brushes  I.,  4,  and  18th  st.  side 

Shaving  Cup   Bas.  Front 

Shaving  Mugs   Bas.  Front  and  I.,  4 

Shaving  Stands   III. 

Shaving  Strop   I.,  4 

Shawls   II.,  13-16 

Shawl  Straps   I.,  16 

Shears   Bas.  Rear 

Sheep  Manure  for  Plants   YIL,  Cons. 

Sheetings,  Linen   I.,  26 

Sheet   Music   II.,  35 

Sheets  and  Pillow  Cases,  Linen  and  Muslin  I.,  26 

Shellac   Bas.  Center 

Shell  Pins   I.,  4 

Sherbet   I.,  Center 

Sherrv  Wine   IV.,  18th  st. 

Shields.   Dress   I.,  16 

Shin  Guards   II.,  32 

Shipping  Information   I.,  Bal.,  19th  st. 

Shirts,  Boys'  and  Men's  I.,  9 

Shirt   Studs   I.,  2 

Shirt  Waists,  Boys'  I.,  30 

Shirt  Waists,  Ladies'  II.,  12-14 

Shirt  Waist  Buttons,  Ladies'   I.,  2 

Shirts.  Worsted   II.,  13 

Shoe  Blacking   Bas.  Rear,  I.,  16,  and  IV.,  8-10 

Shoe-blacking  Stands   III. 

Shoe  Horns  I.,  2,  and  I.,  18th  st. 

Shoe  Polishing  Brushes   Bas.  Rear 

Shoe   Supplies   I.,  16 

Shoes   I.,  25-27-29 

Shopping  Bags   I.,  16 

Shopping  Baskets   Bas.  Center 

Shop  Pulleys   III.,  17 

Short  Gowns   II.,  15 

Shot   IL,  36 

Shotguns  II. ,  36 

203 


Shoulder  Braces,  Men's   I.,  II 

Shovels   lias.  Rear 

Shower  Hath  Kings   Has.  Rear 

Shrubs,  all  kinds   VII.,  Coat. 

Shutter  Knobs   lias.  Rear 

Sideboards   111. 

Side    Brackets   HI. 

Side  Combs   I.,  2  and  16,  and  II.,  12 

Side  Tables   III. 

Sights  for  Guns  and  Rifles   II.,  36 

Silicon   Silver   Polish   lias.  Rear 

Silks  and  Velvets   I.,  1 

Silk    Krocatelle  III.,  17 

Silk  Cord   II.,  27 

Silk  Drapery,  Fancy   III.,  15 

Silks,  Evening  and  Novelty   I.,  1 

Silk,   Figured   II.,  27 

Silk,  Figured  and  IMain   III.,  15 

Silk    Fringe   II.,  27 

Silk  Gowns   II.,  15 

Silk   Loops   III.,  15 

Silkoline   III.,  15 

Silks,  Sewing   I.,  16 

Silk  Skirts   II.,  17 

Silk  Winders   I.,  2 

Silver   Baskets  lias.  Center 

Silver  Brushes   Bas.  Rear 

Silver   Lace   II.,  32 

Silver    Paint,    Artists'   II..  23 

Silver  Polish   Bas.  Rear 

Silverware   I.,  4 

Simplex   Roasters   Bas.  Rear 

Sink  Brushes   Bas.  Rear 

Sink  Cleaners   Bas.  Rear 

Sink  Valves   Bas.  Rear 

Sinkers   II.,  38 

Skates,  Ice  and  Roller   II.,  34 

Skate  Bags   II.,  34 

Sketch  Blocks,  Artists'   II.,  23 

Sketch  Books,  Artists'   II.,  23 

Skimmers   Bas.  Rear 

Skirts   II.,  17 

Skirt  Forms   I.,  16 

Skirts,  Infants'  Long  and  Short  II.,  13 

Skirts,  Ladies'   IL,  2 

Skirts,  Ladies'  Black   IL,  17 


204 


Skirts,  Ladies'  Colored   II.,  17 

Skirts,  Ladies'  and  Misses'  Flannel   II.,  13 

Skirts,  Misses'   II.,  10 

Skirts,  Misses'   II.,  13 

Skirt  Ruffling,  Ladies'   I.,  Bet.  12-14 

Skirts,  White   II.,  15 

Skye  Terriers   IV7.,  Men. 

Slates   II.,  36 

Sleds   II.,  36 

Sleeping  Bags   II.,  36 

Sleeve  Boards   Bas.  Rear 

Sleeve   Buttons   I.,  2 

Sleeve  Irons   Bas.  Rear 

Sleigh  Bells   II.,  40 

Slop  Jars  Bas.  Rear 

Slop  Pails   Bas.  Rear 

Small  Fruit  Plants   VII.,  Cons. 

Smelling  Bottles   L,  18th  st. 

Smelling  Salts  I.,  4,  and  18th  st. 

Smoked  Fish   IV.,  19th  st. 

Smoked  Meats   IV.,  19th  st. 

Smoking  Caps,  Men's  I.,  35-37-39 

Smoking  Jackets,  Men's   I.,  32-40 

Smokers'  Requisites   I.,  40 

Smokers'  Sets   I.,  4,  I.,  40,  Bas.  Rear,  and  III. 

Smokers'  Stands   I.,  40 

Smoking  Tables   III. 

Smoking  Tobacco   I.,  40 

Smoothing  Brushes   Bas.  Center 

Snakes   IV.,  Men. 

Snapping  Mottoes   I.,  15 

Snuff   Boxes   I.,  4 

Soaps,  Toilet  I.,  10 

Soaps   IV.,  8-10 

Soaps,  Laundry   IV.,  10 

Soap  Boxes   I.,  2,  and  18th  st. 

Soap  Dishes   Bas.  Rear 

Soap  Holders   Bas.  Rear 

Soap,  Corrosive  Sublimate  I..  18th  st. 

Soap  Shakers   Bas.  Rear 

Soap  Dishes   L,  4  and  Bas.  Rear 

Soap  Stone  Griddles   Bas.  Rear 

Soap,  Shaving   I.,  18th  st. 

Socks,  Infants',  Silk.  Lisle,  Cotton,  and  Wool   I.,  13 

Socks,  Men's,  Silk,  Lisle,  Cotton,  and  Wool   I.,  11 

Soda   IV.,  18'h  st. 


005 


Soda,  Iiicarbonate   I.,  18th  st. 

Soda  Glass  Holders   Has.  Rear 

Soda  W  ater  Fountain  I.,  15-17,  19th  si.  entrance 

Sofa  Pillows   II  2C-27 

Sofa  Tables   '.'..III. 

Soil  for  Potting   VII.,  Cons. 

Soldering   Irons   Has.  Hear 

Soup  Dishes   Has.  Rear 

Soup  Ladles   Has.  Center  and  I.,  2  and  4 

Soups,  Canned   IV.,  j9 

Soup  Stock  Pots   Bas.  Rear 

Soup  Strainers   Has.  Center 

Soup  Tureens,  plated   I.,  4 

Souvenir  Cups   [  4 

Souvenir  Spoons   I.,  4 

Spades   Has.  Rear 

Spangles   II.,  3<5 

Spaniels,  Japanese   IV.,  Men. 

Spanish  Hooks   I.,  31 

Speaking  tube   Mouthpieces   Bas.  Rear 

Spice  Boxes   Bas.  Rear 

Spice  Cabinets   Bas.  Rear 

Spice  Canisters   Bas.  Center 

Spice  Jars   Bas.  Center 

Spice   Scoops   Bas.  Center 

Spice  Shakers   Bas.  Center 

Spices   IV.,  15 

Spiders   Bas.  Rear 

Spirits   IV.,  14 

Spit  Cups   Bas.  Rear 

Spittoon  Mats   Bas.  Rear 

Spittoons  of  al!  kinds  Bas.  Center 

Spoke  Pointers   •  Bas.  Rear 

Spoke  Shaves   „  Bas.  Rear 

Sponges  Bas.  Center,  II.,  12  and  40 

Sponge  Bags   I.,  18th  st. 

Sponge  Baskets   Bas.  Rear 

Sponge  Cake  Pans  Bas.  Center 

Sponge  Cups   I.,  29 

Sponge   Holders  I.,  4 

Sponge  Racks   Bas.  Rear 

Spoons,  various   Bas.  Rear 

Spoons,  Jelly   I.,  2 

Sporting  Goods   II.,  36 

Sporting  Rifles  and  Guns  II.,  36 

Spout  Strainers   ...Bas.  Center 

296 


Spratts'  Patent   IV.,  .Men. 

Springs  for  Bird  Cages   Bas.  Rear 

Spurs   II.,  40 

Squares  Bas.  Rear 

Squares,  T,  Artists'   II.,  23 

Squirrels,  Flying,  Red,  Gray  and  Chipmunk   IV.,  Men. 

Stable  Brooms   Bas.  Rear 

I  Stable  Pails   Bas.  Rear 

Stair  Buttons   Bas.  Letr 

Stair  Denim   III.,  17 

Stair  Buttons   III.,  - 

Stair  Linoleum   III.,  11 

Stair  Nosings   III.,  11 

Stair  Oil  Cloth   III.,  11 

Stair  Plates   III.,  11 

Stair  Rods   III.,  7 

Stair  Wax   Bas.  Rear 

Stakes  for  Plants   VII.,  Cons. 

Stamp  Boxes   L.  2 

Stamped  Linens   II.,  23 

Stamping  Ink   L,  29 

Stamp  Moisteners   II.,  29,  L,  29 

Stamping  Outfits   II.,  27 

Stamping  Paste   II.,  27 

Stamps,  Postage   I.,  15,  19th  st.  side 

Stands,  Jardiniere   Bas.  Front 

Stand  Mirrors   I.,  14 

Standing  Baskets   Bas.  Center 

Standing  Bookracks   III. 

Staples   Bas.  Rear 

Star  Gold  Paint  Bas.  Center 

Star  Plates   Bas.  Rear 

Star   Varnish   Bas.  Center 

Starlings   IV.,  Men. 

Starch   IV.,  8-10 

Stars  (Gilt)  II.,  32 

Stationery   I.,  29 

Stationery  Sets   I.,  2 

Statuary   Bas.  Front 

Steak  Mauls   Bas.  Rear 

Steamer  Chairs   ill. 

Steamer  Pails   Bas.  Rear 

Steamer  Rugs   I.,  16 

Steamers   Bas.  Rear 

Steel  Ornaments   II.,  9-11 

Steel  Pens   29 


20~ 


Steel,  Table,  of  all  kinds   Bas.  Rear 

Stencil   Brushes  ^  Bai.  Center 

Stenographers'  Note  Books   L,  29 

Step  Chairs   Bas.  Bear 

Stereoscopes   I»i  6 

Stereoscope  Views   L,  6 

Sterilizers   Bas.  Center 

Stirrups   H.i  40 

Stock   Pots   Bas.  Bear 

Stogies   ,  I.,  40 

Stollwerck's  Chocolate  . .'  L,  15 

Store  Door  Locks   Bas.  Bear 

Stout,  imported  and  domestic   IV.,  18th  st. 

Stoves   Bas.  Bear 

Stove  Blacking   Bas.  Rear 

Stove  Brushes   Bas.  Rear 

Stove  Lifters   Bas.  Rear 

Stove  Plants   VII.,  Cons. 

Stove    Pokers   Bas.  Rear 

Stove  Polish   Bas.  Rear  and  IV.,  8-10 

Stove  Pots   Baa.  Reax 

Stove   Shovels   Bas.  Bear 

Stove  Polish   IV.,  8-10 

Strainers   Bas.  Center 

Straw   Mattings   ILL.  7 

Street  Number  duides   L,  31 

Stretchers,   Artists'   II.,  23 

Studies,  Artists'   23 

Studs   2 

Stumps,  Artists'   IL,  23 

Subscriptions  for  Periodicals  and  Magazines  L,  29 

Succulent  Plants   VIL,  Cons. 

Sugar   IV.,  20-22 

Sugar  Bowls   Bas.  Rear 

Sugar  and  Cream  Sets   Bas.  Front 

Sugar   Shakers   I-.  4 

Sugar  Shells   I-«  2 

Sugar  Spoons   L.  2  and  4 

Sugar  Tongs   L.  2  and  4 

Suits,  Boys'   L,  26-28-30 

Suits,  Ladies'   H-»  2 

Suits,  Men's   L,  26-28-30 

Suits,    Misses'   IL,  10 

Sulphur   L,  18th  st. 

Summer   Flowering   Bulbs  IV.,  Front 

Sunflower  Seed   IV.,  Front 


208 


Superintendent's  Office   I.,  Bal.,  18th  st. 

Surgeon's  Needles   I.,  18th  st. 

Surgical  Sponges   I.,  18th  st. 

Suspenders  and  Shoulder  Braces,  Boys'  I.,  11 

Suspenders  and  Shoulder  Braces,  Men's  I.,  2  and  11 

Suspensories   I.,  18th  st.,  and  II.,  32 

Sweaters,  Ladies'   II.,  16 

Sweaters,  Men's  and  Boys'  II.,  32 

Swinging  Cranes   III.,  17 

Switches,  Hair  Goods   II.,  12 

Switches,  Electric   Bas.  Center 

Swivels   II.,  34 

Swords,   Theatrical   II.,  32 

Syringes  1.,  18th  st. 

Syrup  Jars   .1.,  4 

Syrup  Jugs   Bas.  Front 

Syrup  Pitchers   Bas.  Center 

Table  Bells   I.,  4 

Table  Cloths   I.,  28 

Table  Covers   III.,  19 

Table  Cutlery   Bas.  Center 

Table  Forks   Bas.  Center 

Table  Linen   L,  28 

Table  Mats   Bas.  Rear 

Tablespoons   I.,  2  and  4 

Table  Syrup   IV.,  12 

Tables,    Kitchen   III. 

Tables,  Onyx   Bas.  Front 

Tablets   I.,  2 

Table  Washstands   III. 

Tabourettes   III. 

Tack  Claws   Bas.  Rear 

Tacks   Bas.  Rear 

Taffeta,  Plain  or  Moire  I.,  8 

Tags,  Shipping  . ...  I.,  29 

Tailors'  Goose  Irons  Bas.  Rear 

Talcum  Perfumed   I.,  18th  st. 

Talcum  Powder   1.,  18th  st. 

Tally  Cards   I.,  29 

Tally-Ho  Bugles   II.,  35 

Tambourines   II.,  35 

Tambour  Lace   III.,  15 

Tarn  O'Shanter  Caps,  Boys'   I.,  27-29-31 

Tape  Measures   I.,  16 

Tapes   I.,  16 

Tapestry  Buttons    Ill,,  15 

209 


Taposjry,  Cotton-faced,  Table  Covers  III.,  ig 

Tapestry   Couch   Covers     .III..  19 

Tapestry   HI-.  '5«7 

Tar  Sheets   Baa.  Rett 

Tar  Soap    \.  10 

Targets   }    '  36 

Tassels,  Cold  an<l  Silver   II.,  3-* 

Tassel   Hooks   IN-.  17 

Tassels.  Silk   II.,  ^ 

Tea,  Ceylon,  India,  Japan,  and  Oolong  I\.,  17 

Tea   Halls  1-.  4.  and   Btfs.  Center 

Tea  Caddies  I.,  4.  and  Has.  Front  and  Center 

Tea  Canisters   Baa.  Center 

Teagowns   «•»  12 

Teakettles   Baa.  I  enter 

Teapots  I-.  4.  and  Has.  Front  ami  Kear 

Teapot   Stands   Has.   Front  and  Kear 

Tea  Rose  Hants   VII.,  Cons. 

Tea  Sets  I..  4.  and  Has.  Front  and  Kear 

Tea  Spoons   .....I.,  a  and  4 

Tea  Steepen   Bas.  Front  and  Kear 

Tea  Strainers   I.,  A.  and  Has.  Center 

Tea  Tables   ***« 

Tea  Urns  ••  •  4 

Teeth,   Artificial   U  Ha. 

Teeth  Kxtracting    .1.,  Lai. 

Teething  Kings   '«h  st- 

Telegraph  Instruments  and  Supplies  Has.  Center 

Telegraph  Office   T  ;  I5,\  \gt]\  st" 

Telephone  Pay  Stations   I.,  Hal.  Kear 

Telephones  and  Telephone  Supplies  Has.  Center 

Telescopes   I-.  6  and  16 

Tennis  Goods   J}-  34 

Tents   t(-      xV  30 

Terriers.    Hull   IV.,  Men. 

Tete-a-tete  Sets   Bas.  Front 

Tete-a-tete  Trays   Bas.  Front 

Theatrical  Cold  Cream   I-.  i»th  st. 

Theatrical  Goods   J*m  32 

Theatrical  Jewelry   ,'*  32 

Theatrical  Rouge   ««h  st- 

Theatrical  Supplies   II-'  40 

Thermometers  of  all  kinds  I.,  6,  and  Has  Center 

Thimbles  I-.  2-  and  }«  ™ 

Thread   V'  Jiu  \ 

Throat  Brushes   I-  l8th  st- 

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Thrushes   IV.,  Men- 
Thumb  Tacks   I.,  29 

Tickings  I.,  26 

Tidies   II.,  25 

Ties  and  Bows,  Boys'  Windsor  L,  9 

Tie  Clasps   I.,  2 

Tie  Fasteners   L,  2 

Ties,  Mull,  Silk  and  Windsor,  Ladies'   I.,  Bet.  12-14 

Tie  Straps   II.,  40 

Tights   II.,  32 

Tights,  Ladies',  Girls'   L,  ij- 

Time-books   L,  29' 

Tinsek  II.,  25 

Tinsel  Cloth   II.,  32 

Tintype  Plates   II.,  23. 

Tinware   Has.  Center 

Tissue  Paper   I.,  29,  and  Bas.  Rear 

Toast  Racks  I.,  4 

Tobacco   I.,  40 

Tobacco  Boxes   Bas.  Front  and  L,  4 

Tobacco  Dust   VII.,  Cons. 

Tobacco  Jars   I.,  4  and  40 

Tobacco  Stems   VII.,  Cons. 

Toboggan  Caps   II.,  32 

Toilet   Articles   I..   18th  st. 

Toilet  Brushes   Bas.  Rear 

Toilet   Cases   I.,  16 

Toilet  Goods   I..  18th  st. 

Toilet  Hair  Clippers   Bas.  Rear 

Toilet  Paper   Bas.  Rear 

Toilet  Powder   I.,  18th  st. 

Toilet  Room,  Ladies'   II.,  18 

Toilet  Sets  I.,  4,  I.,  18th  st.,  and  Bas.  Rear 

Toilet  Soap   I.,  18th  st. 

Toilet  Stands   Bas.  Rear 

Tokay  Wine   IV.,  18th  st. 

Tom  and  Terry  Sets'"  Bas.  Front 

Tomato  Servers   L,  4 

Toning  and  Fixing  Solutions,  Photo   II.,  23 

Tools   Bas.  Rear 

Tool  Handles   Bas.  Rear 

Tooth  Brushes   I.,  2,  and  18th  st. 

Tooth-brush   Bottles   I.,  2 

Tooth-brush   Racks   Bas.  Rear 

Tooth  Fillings   I.,  Bal. 

Tooth  Paste   I.,  18th  st. 


211 


Toothpicks,  plated   ••  2 

Toothpicks   Has-  Center 

Toothpick   Holders   /'"ill.'*  4 

Tooth  Powder   '•.  st- 

Tooth  Soap   \  >  »8tn  it. 

Tooth  Brushes   }•>  'fY1  st- 


Tooth  W  ash 


[..   18th  st. 


Toques,  Boys*   &i  f/  ^  Ji 

Toques,  Ladies'  and  Misses'  i  A/'J'7 

Top  Coats,  Men's   U  26-28-30  . 

Tortoise  Shell   2 

Tourists'  Outfit   ir^il  1 

Towel  Arms    <car 

Towel  Holders   V,aS'  Sca* 

Towel  Hacks   Bas  Rear 

Towel   Rings   tT      „  25 

Towel   Rollers   Bas  Rear 

Towels   V 

Toy  Books   ....1.,  JI 

Toys   II-  27-31 

Tracing  I'aper,  Artists'   V,      NI  23 

Tracing  Wheels   gas.  Rear 

Trammill   Pointers    ....Bas.  Rear 

Transfer  Desk  I.  and  II.,  Center,  19th  st. 

Transfer  Paper,  Artists'   11-  23 

Traveler's  Companion   .Has.  trout 

Traveling  Caps,  Men's  L,  27,  29,  31 

Traveling  Bags   ,   •'•>  16 

Traverse  Attachments   jJJ  >  l7 

Traverse  Rings     •••  •»*}*•»  17 

Trays  of  all  kinds  »  Center 

Tree  Tuhs   VJL,  Cons. 

Trees  of  all  kinds   VII.,  Cons. 

Tree  Rose   Bushes   VII.,  Cons. 

Triangles,   Artists'   ••  23 

Tricycles   n  - 

Trimmed  and  Untrimmed  Hats   5 

Trimmed  Hats   «•»  5 

Trimmings   la  "I 

Trinket  Boxes   ••  •*•»  4 

Trinket  Sets   Bas-  Front 

Tripods   II-'  23 

Triplicate  Mirrors   *•»  J4 

Trix   *VW"»  15 

Tropical  Plants   VII.  Cons. 

Trousers,  Boys'  and  Men's   I-.  26-28-30 

212 


Trousers'  Hangers   Bas.  Rear 

Trousers'  Stretchers   Bas.  Rear 

Trousseaus   II.,  Front 

Trowels   Bas.  Rear 

Troy  Polishing  Irons   Bas.  Rear 

Truffles,  canned   IV.,  9 

Trunk  Hamper  Baskets   Bas.  Center 

Trunks   II-,  37 

Trunk  Straps   II.,  37 

Trusses   I.,   18th  at. 

Tuberous  Rooted  Plants  VII.,  Cons, 

Tubs  of  all  kinds   Bas.  Rear 

Tubs  for  Trees   VII.,  Cons. 

Tuck  Combs,  Shell  L,  2 

Tumblers   Bas.  Front 

Tumbler  Drainers   Bas.  Rear 

Turbans   II.,  5-7 

Tureens   I.,  4-  and  Bas.  Front 

Turkeys   IV.,  17-19-21 

Turkish  Chairs   III. 

Turkish  Rockers   III. 

Turk's  Head  Cake  Forms  and  Pans  Bas.  Center 

Turners   Bas.  Center 

Tweezers   I..  2,  and  I.,  18th  st. 

Twine   Bas.  Rear  and  L,  29 

Twine  Boxes   Bas.  Rear 

Typewriter  Carbons   I.,  29 

Typewriter  Ribbons   I.,  29 

listers,  Boys'  and  Men's   I.,  26-28-30 

Umbrellas   L,  6 

Umbrellas,   Artists'   I.,  6 

Umbrellas  Checked   I.,  Bal. 

Umbrellas  and  Parasols  made  to  order   I.,  6 

Umbrella  Fasteners   I.,  2 

Umbrella  Plates   I.,  2 

Umbrellas  Repaired   I.,  6 

Umbrellas,  School   I.,  6 

Umbrella  Stands  Bas.  Front  and  Rear,  and  III, 

Umbrellas,  Wagon   I.,  6 

Underclothing.  Girls'  and  Ladies'  I.,  13 

Undershirts,  Boys'   I.,  13 

Undershirts,  Men's   I.,  11 

Underskirts,  Flannelette   II.,  15 

Underskirts,  White   II.,  15 

Underskirts,  Worsted   II.,  15 

Undervests,  Girls'   I.,  13 


213 


Under  Waists,  Boys'  I.,  30 

Underwear,  Children's   I.,  13 

Underwear,  Infants'   I.,  13 

Underwear,    Knit   I.,  13 

Underwear,   Ladies'   I.,  13 

Underwear,  Ladies'  ex.  size  IL,  15 

Underwear,  Men's   L,  11 

Underwear,  Muslin   II. ,  18 

Upholstery   III.,  15-19 

Upholstered    Cots   III. 

Upright  Folding  Beds   III. 

Urinals   L,  18th  St.,  and  Bas.  Rear 

Urinal  and  Toilet  Room  (Males)   Bas.  Hear 

Valentines   L,  29 

Valises   I.,  16 

Vaporizers   I.,  18th  st. 

Varnishes   Bas.  Center 

VarnUhes,  Artists'   IL,  23 

Varnish   Brushes   Bas.  Center 

Varnish  Woodstains   Bas.  Center 

Vaseline    Pomades   I.,    18th  st. 

Vaseline,  Pure   I.,  18th  st. 

Vases   Bas.  Front  and  VII.,  Cons. 

Vases,  Italian  Grass  VII.,  Cons. 

Vegetables,   canned   IV.,  8 

Vegetable  Cutters   Bas.  Center 

Vegetable  Dishes,  all  kinds.  L,  4.  and  Bas.  Front  and  Center 

Vegetables,  Fresh,  in  season   IV.,  11 

Vegetable  Parers   Bas.  Center 

Vegetable  Plants   VII.,  Cons. 

Vegetable  Pressers   Bas.  Rear 

Vegetable  Roots   VII.,  Cons. 

Vegetable  Scoops   Bas.  Rear 

Vegetable    Seed   IV.,  Front 

Vegetable  Slicers   Bas.  Center 

Vegetable  Steamers   Bas.  Center 

Veilings   I.,  10-12 

Veils,  Mourning   I.,  5 

Veils,  Worsted  and  Silk   IL,  13 

Velocipedes   IL,  35 

Velours,   Linen   TIL,  15 

Velours,  Titian   III.,  17 

Velvets   I.,  1 

Velvet  Trunks,  Theatrical   II. ,  32 

Vermicelli   IV.,  13 

Vest  Chains,  Gents'  Gold   I.,  2 


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Vestibule  Lace  IIL,  15 

Vestibule  Rod  Brackets   III.,  17 

Vestibule  Rod  Extension  Ill-,  17 

Vestibule  Rod  Rings   Ill-,  17 

Vestibule  Rod  by  the  foot   Ill-,  17 

Vestibule  Rod  Sockets   Ill-,  17 

Vests,  Ladies'  Underwear   L,  13 

Vests,  Men's  Fancy  L.  26-28-30 

Veterinary  Sundries   II-,  40 

Vienna  Roll  Pans  Bas.  Center 

Views  of  New  York   L,  31 

Vinaigrettes  L,  2 

Vines   VII.,  Cons. 

Vises   Bas.  Rear 

Visiting  Cards,  Engraved   L,  29 

Visiting  Cards,  Written   I.,  Bet.  Cen.  Elevators 

Volt  Meters,  Electric   Bas.  Center 

Wads,  Gun   II.,  36 

Waffle  Irons,  revolving  Bas.  Rear 

Wagon  Jacks   Bas.  Rear 

Waist  Forms   L,  16 

Waists   IL,  14 

Waists,   Ladies'   II. .  14-16 

Waists,  Misses'  and  Children's   IL,  10 

Waist  Sets,  'Ladies'  I.,  2 

Waiters   I.,  4 

Waiter  Aprons,  Men's   I.,  26-28-30 

Waiters'  Coats  I.,  26-28-30 

Waiters'  Jackets   I.,  26-28-30 

Waiting  Rooms  II. ,  Center,  18th  st. 

Wall   Brushes   Bas.  Center 

Wallpaper  III.,  2-4-6 

Wall  Paste,  Diamond   Bas.  Rear 

Wall  Scrapers   Bas.  Rear 

Wardrobe   Chiffoniers   III. 

Wardrobes,  with  Glass  Doors   III. 

Wash  Basins  Bps.  Center 

Wash  Benches   Bas.  Rear 

Wash   Bowls   Bas.  Center 

Wash  Boilers   Bas.  Rear 

Wash  Goods   L,  28 

Wash  Goods  and  Wool  Challies,  imported  I.,  5 

Washing  Machines   Bas.  Rear 

Wash  Kettles   Bas.  Rear 

Wash  Pitchers   Bas.  Center 

Wash  Rags   L,  18th  st. 

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Wash  Ribbons   8 

Watch   Engraving   2 

Watches,  Hoys',  Ladies',  and  Men's,  of  all  kinds  I.,  2 

Watch  Chains   2 

Watch  Repairing   !•»  2 

W  atch  Stands   lu  4 

Watch  Stands   2 

Water  Bags   L,  18th  st. 

Water  Bottles   L,  18th  st. 

Water  Bottles,  plated   4 

Water  Colors,  Artists*   IF.  23 

W  ater  Coolers   Bas.  Rear 

W  ater  Cooler  Stands   Bas.  Rear 

W  ater  Filters   Bas.  Rear 

Water  Ices   L,  Center 

Watering  Pots   Bas.  Rear 

Water  Pails   Bas.  Rear 

W  ater  Pans   Bas.  Center 

W  ater  Pitchers  I.,  4.  and  Bas.  Front 

Water  Plants  and  Roots   VII.,  Cons. 

Water  Plants   IV.,  Men. 

Waters,  imported  and  domestic  I.,  18th  st. 

Waves,  Hairdressing   II-.  12 

Waxen    Brushes   Bas.  Center 

Waxintr  Irons   P-as.  Rear 

Wax  Tapers   Pas.  Rear 

Weather  Strips   Bas.  Rear 

Wedding  Invitations,  engraved,  written,  or  printed  I.,  29 

Wedding  Rings   F,  2 

Weight  Brushes   Bas.  Center 

Welsh's  Grape  luice  IV..   18th  st. 

Wheelbarrows   Bas.  Rear 

Wheelseaming   Bas.  Rear 

Whetstones   Bas.  Rear 

Whips.  Riding  and  Driving   II.,  40 

Whisk  Brooms  Bas.  Rear,  I.,  4,  and  I..  18th  st. 

Whisk-broom  Holders   Bas.  Rear 

Whisky   TV.,  18th  st. 

Whiskv,  Irish  IV.,  18th  st 

Whiskv.  Scotch  IV.,  18th  st. 

Whist 'Sets   I-  29,  and  TT.,  34 

Whistles   ^  I.,  2,  and  II.,  36 

White  Goods   2% 

Whitelev  Exercisers   II.,  34 

White  Mice  and  Rats   IV..  Men. 

Whitewash  Brushes   Bas.  Center 


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Wigs,  Hair  Goods   II.,  12 

Wigs.  Theatrical   II.,  32 

Will  Call  Office  II.,  Center,  19th  st. 

Willowware   Bas.  Center 

Window  Boxes  Bas.  Rear,  and  VII.,  Cons. 

Window  Brushes   Bas.  Rear 

Window  Draperies  III.,  13-19 

Window  Screens   Bas.  Rear 

Window  Shades  III.,  17 

Window  Springs   Bas.  Rear 

Wine  Coolers   Bas.  Rear 

Wine  of  Cocoa  I.,  18th  st. 

Wine  and  Jelly  Presses  Bas.  Rear 

Wines   IV.,  14 

Winter  Flowering  Bulbs  VII.,  Cons. 

Wire   Bas.  Rear 

Wire  Dog  Brushes   Bas.  Rear 

Wire  Goods   Bas.  Rear 

Wire  Hanging  Baskets   VII.,  Cons. 

Wire,  Picture   Bas.  Rear 

Wire  Plant  Stands   VII.,  Cons. 

\Yire  Plate  Hangers   Bas.  Center 

W  ire  Racks  for.  Business  Cards   I.,  29 

Wire   Soap   Dishes   Bas.  Center 

Witchcloth   Bas.  Rear 

Witch  Hazel   I.,  18th  st. 

Wonderline  Cloth   Bas.  Rear 

Wood  Baskets   Bas.  Rear 

Wood  Beds   III. 

Wood  Dish  Mops   Bas.  Rear 

Wood  Filler  Paint   Bas.  Center 

Wood  Trays   Bas.  Rear 

Woodenware   Bas.  Rear 

Wood  Washstands   III. 

Wood  Washtubs   Bas.  Rear 

Woodworth's  Perfumes   I.,   18th  st. 

Woolens  I.,  30 

Work  Baskets   Bas.  Center 

Worsted  Sacques   II.,  13 

Woven  Wire  Cots   III. 

Wrappers   II.,  12 

Wrappers,  Infants'   I.,  13 

Wrappers  and  House  Dresses,  Ladies'   II.,  12 

Wrappers,  Infants'  Eiderdown  II.,  13 

Wrappers,  Infants'  Flannel  and  Cashmere  II.,  13 

Wrapping  Desk,  Accommodation  I.,  15,  19th  st.  side 


217 


Wrapping  Paper   g*  **« 

Wrenches   .••■•.:las,  1<YI 

Wristlets   l  >  Bet-  6.and  8 

Wrist  Supporters   u  -  34 

W  riting  Desks,  Folding   29 

Writing  Desk  Sets   \'t  -9 

Writing  Paper   r 

Writing  Tablets   •  -  •  •  •■  •  •  •  •■•  • 1  •  •  I 

W  rought  Iron  Goods  Bas.  Front  and  Rear 

X.Ray  outfits   B"  c«Lmer 

Yale  Locks    as  gear 

Yankee  Howls   Las  Rear 


Yarns 


IL.  27 


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Zephyrs   27 


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